On 6/26/07, Ralph Becker-Szendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... snip ...
> This brings up the question: What wireless miniPCI card to pick. I > had assumed that Atheros cards are the default that everyone uses; > Wistron cards are for example available from www.netgate.com. Does > this sound like a good idea? Are there any known issues with Atheros > cards and OpenBSD? Transmit power is not a huge issue, as I need to > only serve as an AP for a medium-size single family wood-framed home. > > However, I'm now seeing that the Atheros card only seems to come in a > 802.11a/b/g version, and I have absolutely no use for 802.11a, and > I've heard that 802.11a radios are power hogs (or at least they were > early on). Is this really an issue? Are other wireless cards > preferable? I suggest you to go with Ralink (ral(4)): these are by now the best supported wireless cards on OpenBSD. Regards, David _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
