Inexpensive wireless suggestions?

[mark rowlands]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Aleksandar Simic
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 7:45 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Cc: Bob Collins; Jonathon McKitrick
> Subject: Re: Inexpensive wireless suggestions?
> 
> On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 12:31:52PM -0400, Bob Collins wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr  6, 2004, Jonathon McKitrick clacked the 
> keyboard to produce:
> > > 
> > > I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive wireless setup for home 
> > > that will work with FreeBSD and an older laptop.  Does 
> anyone have any suggestions?
> > > 
> > > NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed.  Thanks.
> > 
> > Post it here, read it here.
> 
> 
> Any particular reason for this attitude ?
> 
> 
> > Man wi  will help with wireless cards. Any card should 
> would with any 
> > WAP using the same protocol, if not a multi protocol WAP.
> > 
> > I went with a cheapo Belikn WAP $20.00 USD and a Spectrum 
> second0hand 
> > card $25.00 USD. Works fine for me.
> 

4.9 - stable

Cheap
D-Link DWL-650

Not Cheap
Cisco pcm352

both worked nicely, I was able to set up the D-link as an ad-hoc access
point
for the Cisco to connect to