USB WLAN device and 54MBit or 108MBit device

Mike Silbersack silby at silby.com
Fri Dec 19 11:07:52 PST 2003


On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, freebsd_daemon wrote:

> Are there any suggestions for
>
> 1)       a USB WLAN device which is supported by 4.9 and 5.x

See the wi manpage.  I have both a Netgear MA311 and MA401, and they work
pretty well.

> 2)       54MBit or 108MBit PCI WLAN device which is supported in 5.x
> (preferably 4.9, too, but that is not that important)

Under 5.x, you have the option of using Atheros based cards, which support
54 and should support 108.  See the ath manpage for more information
and/or ask around on -current for people's experiences with those cards.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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