Subject: Re: support for various wireless cards?
To: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 08/19/2007 12:09:54
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:52:17 -0400
"Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill@invisible.ca> wrote:

> Tobias Nygren wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:58:13 -0400
> > "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
> > >> I'm configuring a new Thinkpad T61.  The choices for wireless
> > >> cards are
> >> Thinkpad a/b/g Mini-PCIe, IntelPRO/Wireless 3945ABG, and Intel
> >> Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN.  Which of these are supported by
> >> NetBSD?
> > > The first one is an OEM'd Atheros 5212 chipset. Should work with
> > > ath(4).
> How much are they to order separately? I just received a T61 with a
> 3945ABG, and it suffers from the typical wpi(4) problems... 

No clue, but I just stumbled on a page on thinkwiki.org that warns
about putting random wireless cards in:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card



		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb