ADM8211 wlan nic / wlan suggestions?

[Harald Schmalzbauer]

owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org wrote:
> Gang,
> I'm admittedly a newbie, setting up a new box. I rent an old house, so
> my options are either stringing a cat5 from room to room (thus not
> making my roommate happy) or 802.11b, which I'm currently using with

_Nothing_ is or will be able to replace a CAT5 wire ;-)

> my laptop (OS X).
>
> I bought an SMC2602W, based on the hardware notes for wi, but as
> anyone that has been following the support issues knows, SMC, among
> many others, switched to using the single-chip ADM8211, which isn't
> yet supported.
>
> So, I've got two questions for the list:
>
> 1) anyone know of the progress on the driver for this chipset?

Regrettably I can't tell you any non-negatives.

>
> 2) any suggestions for a well-supported 802.11b PCI card? In addition
> to a make/model, what chipset should I look for/expect?
>

The old D-Link DWL520 (without +)! (Prism 2.5)

Best regards,

-Harry

> Thanks, all.
>
> Harry Frankenfeld
>
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