Subject: Re: PCI WaveLan card
To: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
From: Kevin Lahey <kml@selresearch.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/07/2002 12:32:24
On Tue, 7 May 2002 20:16:22 +0100
Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a PCI WaveLan (or PCMCIA WaveLan with PCI adaptor)
> that works well with NetBSD (if only in -current, not a problem)?
I'm very happy using the Linksys WMP-11 in my Cobalt Qube. I haven't
gotten around to measuring the output strength, but it certainly works
around the house. I also tried the D-Link DWL-520, but the Qube only
works with 5V PCI cards, so that was a problem. The DWL-520 worked great
on my i386 box, though.
If it matters to you, the WMP-11 antenna is about 50% bigger than
the antenna on the DWL-520. :-)
I found that the very, very cheap USR 2415 PC Card and PCI adaptor didn't
work with -current, even after I hacked in the right identifier numbers
into pcidevs. I don't know how hard it would be to get it working;
I believe it uses the PLX chipset...
Good luck!
Kevin
kml@selresearch.net