Re: MiniPCI wireless card.

On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:50:12PM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:59:52 -0600
> Amar Takhar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I just ordered a dell i8600, unfortunatly last night i found out from
> > Stuart
> > Walsh that the Dell TrueMobile 1400 series is a Broadcom 43xx series
> > card.
> > 
> > I'm wondering if any of you have a recomendation for a MiniPCI
> > wireless card
> > that supports a/b/g.  Of course, i'm looking for maximum compatability
> > with
> > FreeBSD, and preferably one that can act as an AP.
> 
> I dont think you're gonna find a single card that meets all those
> requirements. afaik, prism based cards are the only ones that can act as
> AP's. but i believe the prism card's are only able to do B. I dont think
> A is even supported under fbsd.
> Please correct me if any of this information is incorrect.

If you could find an appropriate Atheros MiniPCI card it would meet all
these requirements.

-- Brooks

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