Wireless NIC recommendation

[Lars Stokholm]

Andrew Thompson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 08:44:54PM +0100, Lars Stokholm wrote:
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>> John Nielsen wrote:
>>     
>>> On Monday 15 January 2007 13:44, John Nielsen wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> 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.
>>>>         
>> I can't really say what cheap is, just that it's in the low(er) end of 
>> the scale. I only have a rough sense of the price levels in Denmark and 
>> I certainly know nothing about them in the US. :)
>>     
>
> The cheapest Atheros card I have found is the Cameo WLG-1202, $50 NZD and
> works fine.
>   
Thanks, but there's no mention of that card on ANY Danish website. :) 
Most of them seem to be com.nz. I'd like to buy a locally to save money.