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Date:      Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:24:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wireless noob, researching solid NICs
Message-ID:  <20030915212422.43134.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1030916052527.20234A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>

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Yes that seems like a typo.  I googled "Netgear MA411" and got 9
results, none from a vendor or anyone selling it.  "Netgear
MA401" got the normal results...Amazon followed by Netgear
followed by 1000 other sites.


--- Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Doug White wrote:
> 
>  > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, twig les wrote:
>  > 
>  > > Hey all, I'm trying to get my first wireless network
> running in
>  > > the next week or so and am researching the different
> options.  I
>  > > liked the Intel option but the 2011 card is discontinued.
>  I
>  > > also liked the Linksys option but I'm reading about some
> of the
>  > > newer firmwares not being supported (>2.0?).  Can anyone
>  > > recommend a nice little PCMCIA 802.11b card that works
> with WEP
>  > > and is supported in 5.x?
>  > 
>  > Netgear MA411.  Its a Prism2.5 chipset and works well with
> just about
>  > anything.  You can rev the firmware if you want to do
> hostap but the
>  > shipped firmware is fine for normal station use.
> 
> Is the MA411 significantly better / different from the MA401?
> 
> Thanks, Ian
> 


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