Wireless NIC recommendation

[John Nielsen]

On Monday 15 January 2007 13:44, John Nielsen wrote:
> On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote:
> > Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, before I go mad (no pun
> > intended.) :)
> >
> > I was initially looking for a relatively cheap 54Mbps, 802.11g- and
> > WPA-capable network card, based on an Atheros chipset, but after
> > spending the whole of last night looking for one - to no avail - I gave
> > up.
> >
> > I'm almost about to conclude that Atheros is not the way to go. So now I
> > want to know, if anyone can recommend ANY card, being cheap and
> > supporting the features mentioned above. I don't mind using NDIS, as
> > long as it works flawlessly. Also it would be good, if the card was a
> > popular one, so community support is more available.
>
> For driver support in FreeBSD, Atheros is definitely the way to go. Have
> you looked through the listings here?
>
> http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp
>
> Also, you failed to mention what your definition of "cheap" is, and what
> form factor you're looking for (PCI, Cardbus, etc.) I would start with the
> listings at the link above and look through products from the
> cheaper-but-popular brands (D-Link, Belkin, Netgear, Linksys) to see if
> there are any you can currently buy within your price range.

The Netgear WG311T seems like a widely available decent bet for ~$50 USD.