Re: Wireless card recommendation

A. Wright wrote:
> I need to be more specific: What card would everyone recommond that works in
> FreeBSD, any version.  I'll take *any* card now, so long as it *just works*
> in FreeBSD.
> 
> You must be using an OS other than FreeBSD.  I just installed FreeBSD
> 4.6.2-RELEASE, and when I put a Netgear FA410 into the slot I get an error
> that says:
> pccardd[230]: No card in database for "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC"("Card")
> 

I have a strange problem with a Dell CPi-A and a couple of pccards, a 
Orinoco Silver, an 3Com and a Xircom 10/100. Sometimes they are 
recongnized by the system on boot but often I saw the "No card in 
database".

I think that because of the myriad of special hardware inside the 
laptops the card model isn't the key.


I think, I'm not a FreeBSD hacker, just an user.



> I also have a Linksys WPC11 v3 card (the box says it's Prism3), and it's
> been the lesser of all evils, though it still doesn't work completely.
> dstumbler will run fine for 10-15 minutes, but then the program locks up
> when some error messages start appearing on the screen.  Ctrl + C won't do
> anything, I can't switch to another virtual terminal, etc.  It seems to be
> only dstumbler that does it, because I've left the computer sit with the
> Linksys for an hour with no error messages coming up.  Very frustrating.
> The errors are below.  I'm not finding much on Google, or this list.  Anyone
> have any ideas?
> 
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear
> wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 0/0; last status 4000
> wi0: xmit failed
> wi0: watchdog timeout
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Schmidt" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [BAT] Wireless card recommendation
> 
> 
> 
>>On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 12:47:07PM -0400, A. Wright wrote:
>>[...]
>>
>>>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've been using a Netgear MA401 for a while now and have had no problems
>>yet.  As for being able to use it with other APs I have had success with
>>it on Linksys and D-Link APs.  I think I paid about USD70 for my card.
>>--
>>Carl Schmidt
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