Subject: Cheap 802.11 cards/access points
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Rafal Boni <rafal@mediaone.net>
List: current-users
Date: 11/06/2000 17:37:00
Folks:
The prices of 802.11 gear seem to be dropping low enough that it's
very tempting to pick some up, but I wonder how much of the low-cost
stuff will actually work with NetBSD and how much (if any), supports
WEP.
I'd love any input on those questions... Here's my random sampling
of cheap 802.11 gear:
Access points:
SMC SMC2652W Access point: ~ $267 US.
DLink DWL-1000AP Access point: ~ $345 US.
PCMCIA Cards:
[...Given past experience with the manufacturers, I don't
really trust the first two...]
Addtron awp-100 ~ $135 US
LinkSys wpc11 ~ $132 US
[...the rest of these seem reasonable...]
DLink DWL-650 ~ $140 US
SMC 2632W ~ $145 US
Intel WPC2011NA ~ $142 US
3Com 3CRWE737A ~ $155 US
Cabletron CSIBD-AA (RoamAbout) ~ $155 US
Thanks for any feedback!
--rafal
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Rafal Boni rafal@mediaone.net