Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement

[Simon Dick]

On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 14:50, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Matthew Bettinger wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > We recently purchased some Dell Latitude D505 and D600 laptops at
> > work which will be used for freebsd 4.9.  They came with the Dell
> > TrueMobile 1300 minipci card which has very little support all
> > around and will need to be replaced.  
> > 
> > What is a tried and true,  without fail,  decent card
> > (pcmcia or mini-pci) that you would recommend as a replacement?
> > 
> > I've been reading the FAQ and the an and wi man pages but I still
> > feel a little apprehensive about purchasing new cards for these
> > boxes without some list-serv feedback.
> > 
> > I was leaning towards the cisco aironet 352...
> > 
> > The minimum criteria for the cards is support 802.11b and support
> > 128bit wep.  
> 
> I have a D600, and I've been using an Atheros 5212 based mini-pci 
> wireless card.  It supports 802.11a/b/g.  I run FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT, 
> but it would work well for you on 5.2.1-RELEASE.  The name of the card 
> was "Netegriti" I believe, and I think I found them on Ebay, and then 
> purchased directly from the company's website.

I just bought one of these from www.discountechnology.com and it's
working nicely here so far too (if anyone in the UK wants a working wi
compat mini pci card, let me know ;)