[nycbug-talk] WiFi PCMCIA Cards on FreeBSD

[Dru]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 pete at nomadlogic.org wrote:

>
>>
>>
>> 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.


Thanks. I'll check when I'm in the States. The only thing I've seen up 
here is Linksys and Netgear. Even the smaller shops (not big chain stores) 
don't seem to sell anything else.

Dru