Re: wireless card recommendation for laptop
Freddie Cash <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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On September 21, 2005 07:55 am, Brad Schonhorst wrote: > On Sep 21, 2005, at 9:15 AM, Marcin Jessa wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:58:11 +0200 > > "anon anon" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Im currently looking to purchase a wireless card, preferably mini- > >> pci for my thinkpad R40. Are there any well supported mpi/pcmcia > >> cards for fbsd. > >> Please don_t mention the cisco mpi350 as this card has not worked > >> for me since 4.10. This card only works for about 5 minutes or > >> until it is placed under reasonable load. It then timeouts and > >> cannot be brought up unless the system is power cycled. And yes, I > >> have downgraded the firmware to 5.00.1 or whatever it is numerous > >> times. I need a card that is known to work without problems under > >> 5.x. > > Use an Atheros based card. > Just be prepared to run FreeBSD 6. In my experience, Atheros support > in 5.x is not good. Much work has been put into the ath driver since > then. While 6.0 has the best wireless support, especially for Atheros, 5.3 and 5.4 work nicely with most Atheros cards. Just not the new AR5213 chips. I've used a D-LINK DWL-G650 rev. B, NetGEAR WG511T (both CardBus), and the built-in mini-PCI AR5212 in a Toshiba Satellite A60 laptop quite successfully with 5.2.1, 5.3, and 5.4. Using WEP and WPA-PSK. -- Freddie Cash [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"