Hi

I have very good experiences with ORINOCO cards with wi driver and also
Awaya Wireless products...they both work great on NetBSD!If u use one of them
u should be ok:)

Greetings

Tsiteerimine Ernst du Toit <et@houseofet.com>:

> 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
> to get a wireless card for my i386 box to make it act as an access point for
> DSL etc. instead of looking at the Airport Base Station. I assume the Apple
> Airport 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 devices that work I'll look at them too.
> 
> On the otherhand if someone has a good argument why the Airport Base Station
> is better than having a wireless card in my existing i386, I'd love to hear
> it!
> 
> Thanks!
> --et
> 
> 




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