Re: Dell Inspiron 5000 802.3 and 802.11b support

"M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
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            Daniel Eischen <[email protected]> writes:
: > : Any idea when freeBSD will support 32 bit cardbus?  I'd like to use one of
: > : the new Prism2 802.11b pcmcia cards.
: > 
: > Oh?  I've not seen cardbus based wi cards.  Details?
: 
: The D-Link 650 comes in a cardbus version.  See:
: 
:   http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl650/
: 
: I'm now in the market for a wireless card, so I'd like to know
: if these work.

Yea, I saw those on ebay the day after your post about this.  I lost
my first auction, but will have to try again to get me one of these
cards.  Do you have one?

: I'm also curious if the 802.11b+ (22Mbps) cards work in FreeBSD.
: Dlink offers one of these in the DWL-650+.

No.  These have a TI chipset in them, but TI won't release the details
of its programming :-(.  Not even with an NDA, it seems.

Warner

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