USB WiFi

[Matt Olander]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Gary Dunn<osp at aloha.com> wrote:
> What U5B WiFi adaptors will be supported in FreeBSD 8.0? How about PC-Card style, like the Link Sys Dual-Band Wireless-N Express Card? Too new? As a rule, are PC-Card adaptors more compatible with FreeBSD?
>
> How will network selection work? In 7.1 I just edit my /etc/rc.conf and reboot, but I need a more user friendly UI.

Hey Gary!

We've tried several USB wifi adapters at work with varying success. It
helps if they're based on an Atheros chipset. I haven't run across
that particular pc-card one but we can add it to the test list.

We recently put a mini-pci 3g evdo card in one of our laptops and got
it going fairly easily. Works great!

For a decent network config GUI, checkout PC-BSD, the desktop config
of FreeBSD. It's currently on 7.x but Kris Moore is working on the 8
release right now, which won't be to far behind the FreeBSD release.

best,
-matt