Dell TrueMobile 1300 replacement

[Eric Anderson]

Matthew Bettinger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We recently purchased some Dell Latitude D505 and D600 laptops at
> work which will be used for freebsd 4.9.  They came with the Dell
> TrueMobile 1300 minipci card which has very little support all
> around and will need to be replaced.  
> 
> What is a tried and true,  without fail,  decent card
> (pcmcia or mini-pci) that you would recommend as a replacement?
> 
> I've been reading the FAQ and the an and wi man pages but I still
> feel a little apprehensive about purchasing new cards for these
> boxes without some list-serv feedback.
> 
> I was leaning towards the cisco aironet 352...
> 
> The minimum criteria for the cards is support 802.11b and support
> 128bit wep.  

I have a D600, and I've been using an Atheros 5212 based mini-pci 
wireless card.  It supports 802.11a/b/g.  I run FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT, 
but it would work well for you on 5.2.1-RELEASE.  The name of the card 
was "Netegriti" I believe, and I think I found them on Ebay, and then 
purchased directly from the company's website.

On a side note - if you do run 5.2.1, you should be able to use the 
NDISulator (aka "project evil") - to use your current TrueMobile card.

If you need any configs, etc, for the D600, let me know.  I have finally 
got everything just how I want it. :)


Eric

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