On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:51:21AM -0800, Lars Eggert wrote: > we're looking to buy a bunch of 802.11b cards that need to work under > FreeBSD-4.4 (soon 4.5) with 128bit WEP and Cisco access points (which > are not under our direct administration). > > The cheapest right now seems to be the "Netgear MA401NA 802.11b Wireless > PC Card" ($49 at Outpost.com) - but people reported problems with it. > Have these been resolved? > > Another cheap cards are the "D-Link DWL-650 WirelessLAN 802.11b PC Card" > ($59 at computers4sure.com). Anyone have experiences with these? > > Are there any others you'd recommend? (Ideally, we'd buy Cisco cards, > but since we're a .edu, saving a few bucks is good... :-)
The Lucent cards are generally superior to the various Prism II designs. You can get gold cards for $87 on pricewatch. That's more then the cheap stuff, but quite a bit less then the $130 I've heard as the best prices for Ciscos. I'd certaintly suggest you pick up one of anything you're considering before you buy a bunch with possiable exception of Lucent or Cisco cards. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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