USB WiFi

[Aragon Gouveia]

Gary Dunn 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?

I've only tried one, but I suspect the best supported cards will be of 
the 11b/g variety.  I can personally vouch for the Linksys Compact 
Wireless-G (WUSB54GC) adapter to work perfectly with the rum(4) driver.


> 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.

Why not use ifconfig(8) and wpa_supplicant(8)?


Regards,
Aragon