Wi-Fi support - which iface works better?

Ashish SHUKLA wahjava.ml at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 10:00:21 PST 2009


igor krasnoselski writes:
> Hi world,

> I'm up to build a little Wi-Fi network at my home. So I need to know, what Wi-Fi NIC is working better under FreeBSD 7.1, from the next little list:
> ZyXEL G-302 EE
> D-link DWA-510
> ASUS WL-138g V2
> TRENDnet TEW-423PI
> P.S. Digging the "7.1 Hardware Notes" on the Web gave me no
> information about that cards. Please note me if they are supported at
> all.

It depends on the wifi chipset present in those NICs. I prefer Atheros,
as it is well supported (at least in 8-CURRENT) and has complete FOSS
drivers :). So I think you should find which NIC has which chipset.

HTH
-- 
Ashish SHUKLA
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