Subject: Re: wi* and/or pcmcia* at pci* decent vendor?
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: David Maxwell <david@vex.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/03/2003 23:29:11
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 08:45:04PM -0400, Todd Vierling wrote:
> Can someone recommend a good place to get a real Prism PCI card that works
> with "wi* at pci*", or a decent price (that means < US$60) PCI->PCMCIA
> adapter that is known to work with one of the various pcmcia* device
> attachments in NetBSD?

I have a D-Link DWL-500 (DWL-650 with pci carrier) which probes as
pci->cbb->cardslot->pcmcia->wi0 - Amazon lists this for $55

cbb0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: Ricoh 5C475 PCI-CardBus bridge (rev.  0x80)
cbb0: interrupting at irq 10
cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: D, Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card, Version 01.02
wi0: 802.11 address 00:05:5d:a7:56:f1
wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163-SST-flash
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.8.2)
wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps

							David