Re: Wireless card recommendation

[email protected] Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:53:12 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.network.wireless.bsd.airtools
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Monday, September 16, 2002 at 12:47:07, A. Wright wrote:
> I'm about to buy a wireless ethernet card, and I'd like to hear the
> recommendations from the list.  Over the weekend I tried a Cisco Aironet 350
> Series, only to find out that BSD-Airtools don't support it yet.  Looking at
> the BSD Airtools frontpage I see a list of cards that are supported.  The
> Linksys and D-Link cards stick out to me because they are familiar brand
> names, but the Linksys is only 40-bit WEP, which I'd like to avoid as I will
> be using this in my office and home as well as wardriving.
> 
> Most importantly I want a card that is supported by the BSD-Airtools.  I'd
> also like a card that is known to work fairly well with APs of other brands.
> 128-bit WEP is also important.  Price is a factor, but not as much as the
> factors previously mentioned.  So given this, what would everyone recommend?
> Is there someplace on the web I can look that might have good comparison
> information?
> 

I like my SMC card.. It just rocks


CU Ron