Support for Broadcom 1510 PCIe WLAN card

[Mike Tancsa]

Perhaps an  Alix based device from

<http://www.netgate.com/>http://www.netgate.com/

At home I have an Atheros mini PCI card that works well.

ath0 at pci0:0:12:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x2062168c 
chip=0x001b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
     device     = 'AR5006 family 802.11abg Wireless NIC'
     class      = network
     subclass   = ethernet
     cap 01[44] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0

         ---Mike

At 05:25 PM 8/5/2010, osp at aloha.com wrote:
>I am looking for a small form factor PC capable of operating as a portable
>WiFi access point. The Dell OptiPlex 780 USFF comes with an Intel 82567LM
>Ethernet interface and a Broadcom 1510 WiFi interface. In the past I have
>found good support for Ethernet, but not as much for Broadcom WiFi. Still
>true? I would also appreciate reviews of using the 1510 by way of NDIS.
>
>Recommendations for small form factor PCs well supported by FreeBSD also
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Gary Dunn
>Open Slate Project
>
>
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