In article <Pine.NEB.4.44.0208062223200.25928-100000@beaver.core.de>,
	Markus Illenseer <markus@core.de> writes:
> I am willing to join the WLAN community - but secured. My intention is to
> connect a (Windows 2K) Laptop to my NetBSD 1.5.3 Server/Router (that's
> ad-hoc, no?).

You'll need seperate networks in this scenario because 1.5.3 doesn't
have bridging code yet.

> Which WLAN cards are recommended and working under NetBSD/i386?

I've got a Lucent Orinoco which always worked fine for me. I used it to
connect the computers two rooms in my apartment for a few month.

> Which one is compatible in the PCMCIA slot for the laptop?

The above is. Mine is plugged into a Notebook running Windows 98
right now.

BTW: access points aren't that expensive any more.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/