Re: Newbie help
"A. Wright" <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:08:22 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============54730398008926051== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0020_01C30BF4.EA161F70" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C30BF4.EA161F70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Brad, I went though this same thing a few months ago. I think that SMC2632 is = the best card to get, as I've found that it is the most sensitive. I've = compared the graphs in dstumbler to the SMC2632 with graphs of other = cards, and SMC2632 always has the highest signals from what I've found. = It is hard to find though. You can get it off of the internet, from = places like amazon.com or buy.com. It's a good idea to get the = SMC2602W, as it is basically just a PCI adapter with a 2632 PCMCIA card = in it. You can take the PCMCIA card out to use in a laptop, but you'll = have the choice to put it in a desktop later if you need to. If you don't want an SMC2632, just pick any card that is on OpenBSD's = hardware compatibility list. You might need to enable some things in = the kernel before they will be automatically detected on boot. I can = tell you what they are if you need them, but I can't remember off the = top of my head right now. =20 The only other advice I have for you is to be sure to use the -o switch = with dstumbler. Without it, the wi driver locks up the system quite = often, at least in FreeBSD. Best of luck. Aaron ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Brad Martin=20 To: [email protected]=20 Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: [BAT] Newbie help I am about to attempt the install of BSD air tools. I was hoping some = of you could tell me some hardware/software success stories about your = installs. Right now I have BSD 3.2 (for wnet) on a IBM Thinkpad 600E. = I am clueless about which PCMCIA Wireless Card to get. I keep hearing = SMC 2632W but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Any of you have any = other suggestions? Any help, docs, references on BSD, or BSD AirTools, = would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance. =20 -Brad Martin [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- _______________________________________________ Bat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dachb0den.com/mailman/listinfo/bat ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C30BF4.EA161F70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3DWord.Document name=3DProgId> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR> <META content=3D"Microsoft Word 10" name=3DOriginator><LINK=20 href=3D"cid:[email protected]" rel=3DFile-List><!--[if gte = mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState> <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind> <w:EnvelopeVis/> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in = 1.25in; mso-header-margin: .5in; mso-footer-margin: .5in; = mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; = mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; = mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: = personal-compose; mso-style-noshow: yes; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; = mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; = mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial } SPAN.SpellE { mso-style-name: ""; mso-spl-e: yes } SPAN.GramE { mso-style-name: ""; mso-gram-e: yes } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */=20 table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--></HEAD> <BODY lang=3DEN-US style=3D"tab-interval: .5in" vLink=3Dpurple = link=3Dblue=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Brad,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I went though this same thing a few = months=20 ago. I think that SMC2632 is the best card to get, as I've found = that it=20 is the most sensitive. I've compared the graphs in dstumbler to = the=20 SMC2632 with graphs of other cards, and SMC2632 always has the highest = signals=20 from what I've found. It is hard to find though. You can get = it off=20 of the internet, from places like amazon.com or buy.com. It's a = good idea=20 to get the SMC2602W, as it is basically just a PCI adapter with a 2632 = PCMCIA=20 card in it. You can take the PCMCIA card out to use in a laptop, = but=20 you'll have the choice to put it in a desktop later if you need = to.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you don't want an SMC2632, just pick = any card=20 that is on OpenBSD's hardware compatibility list. You might need = to enable=20 some things in the kernel before they will be automatically detected on=20 boot. I can tell you what they are if you need them, but I can't = remember=20 off the top of my head right now. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The only other advice I have for you is = to be sure=20 to use the -o switch with dstumbler. Without it, the wi driver = locks up=20 the system quite often, at least in FreeBSD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best of luck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Aaron</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [email protected] = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Brad=20 Martin</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = [email protected]=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 26, 2003 = 12:08=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [BAT] Newbie = help</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=3DSection1> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am about to attempt = the install=20 of BSD air tools.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was = hoping=20 some of you could tell me some hardware/software success stories about = your=20 installs. <SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Right now I = have BSD=20 3.2 (for <SPAN class=3DSpellE>wnet</SPAN>) on <SPAN = class=3DGramE>a</SPAN> IBM=20 <SPAN class=3DSpellE>Thinkpad</SPAN> 600E.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> =20 </SPAN>I am clueless about which PCMCIA Wireless Card to get.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I keep hearing SMC 2632W but = I can=92t=20 seem to find it anywhere.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> = </SPAN>Any of=20 you have any other suggestions?<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: = yes"> =20 </SPAN>Any help, docs, references on BSD, or BSD <SPAN=20 class=3DSpellE>AirTools</SPAN>, would be much appreciated.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you in=20 advance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Brad=20 Martin<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">[email protected]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Bat mailing=20 = list<BR>[email protected]<BR>http://lists.dachb0den.com/mailman/lis= tinfo/bat<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C30BF4.EA161F70-- --===============54730398008926051== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Bat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dachb0den.com/mailman/listinfo/bat --===============54730398008926051==--