In message <20020619212458.1557c26f.et@houseofet.com>, Ernst du Toit writes:
>Hi All
>
>Please excuse some stupid questions, but this is completely new for me :)
>
>I'm in the process of getting an Apple with an Airport card and I would like t
>o get a wireless card for my i386 box to make it act as an access point for DS
>L etc. instead of looking at the Airport Base Station. I assume the Apple Airp
>ort card has no Apple magic, apart from being amputated to fit into the Apple 
>formfactor, so any IEEE 802.11b device can talk to it.
>
>Which wireless cards work well with NetBSD and to make things more interesting
>, can take an external antenna? I'd prefer PCI, but if there are any USB devic
>es that work I'll look at them too.
>
>On the otherhand if someone has a good argument why the Airport Base Station i
>s better than having a wireless card in my existing i386, I'd love to hear it!

I use the Orinoco PCMCIA card very regularly; it works just fine.  And 
yes, it can take an external antenna.  The problem I had was the 
Orinoco PCI->Cardbus bridge didn't work.  But I should try that again; 
I upgraded to 1.6beta2 last night.

That said, I found a real base station more convenient, especially 
because I use wireless in my office, too.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com ("Firewalls" book)