[nycbug-talk] WiFi PCMCIA Cards on FreeBSD

[pete at nomadlogic.org]

>
>
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, G. Rosamond wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 14, 2004, at 8:32 PM, Kevin Reiter wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone found a PCMCIA wireless (802.11g) card that works under
>>> FreeBSD
>>> (4.x or 5.x)?  I've done some checking on the 3COM 3CRPAG175 and it
>>> seems
>>> they work under -CURRENT (according to an April post to the FreeBSD
>>> list -
>>> see
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2004-April/003575.html)
>>>
>>> The reason I ask about this particular model is because I can get one
>>> for
>>> $48 (no, not eBay - through 3COM) and would like to have something
>>> actually
>>> work on my laptop (so I can get rid of Winblows).
>>>
>>> Suggestions?  Comments?
>>>
>>
>> had no problems with the netgear fa411. . . think it's a g card, but i
>> may be
>> wrong.  I've worked with a whole number of other cards with FBSD, but
>> can't
>> remember particularly model numbers at this point. . .
>>
>> Lots of cards are fine at this point. . .including 32-bit CardBus. . .
>
>
> Does anyone know if this is true for 4.10? I had fun this week trying to
> find _any_ of the wireless models mentioned in "man wi". They all appear
> to be about 3 years old and no longer sold (not in Canada anyways). Before
> I
> RTFMd and printed out the list of models, I had made the mistake of just
> picking up a Dlink (3 revisions higher than the model # listed in the
> manpage).
> FreeBSD saw the insertion but gave an error message along the lines of
> "32-bit not supported".
>

hey dru i was running a cisco card i got from a job using the an driver on
that laptop.  I currently use it on my x31.  here is the dmesg:

an0: <Aironet PC4500/PC4800> at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0
an0: got RSSI <-> dBM map
an0: Ethernet address: 00:0a:8a:47:c3:ff
an0: detached
an0: <Aironet PC4500/PC4800> at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0
an0: got RSSI <-> dBM map
an0: Ethernet address: 00:0a:8a:47:c3:ff


Not sure if there are any Aironet cards on ebay, but i've had great
success with mine.


-p



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