Wireless NIC recommendation

[Lars Stokholm]

Lars Stokholm wrote:
> John Nielsen wrote:
>> On Monday 15 January 2007 12:54, Lars Stokholm wrote:
>>> Hi, I hope someone can help me with this, before I go mad (no pun
>>> intended.) :)
>>>
>>> I was initially looking for a relatively cheap 54Mbps, 802.11g- and
>>> WPA-capable network card, based on an Atheros chipset, but after
>>> spending the whole of last night looking for one - to no avail - I 
>>> gave up.
>>>
>>> I'm almost about to conclude that Atheros is not the way to go. So now I
>>> want to know, if anyone can recommend ANY card, being cheap and
>>> supporting the features mentioned above. I don't mind using NDIS, as
>>> long as it works flawlessly. Also it would be good, if the card was a
>>> popular one, so community support is more available.
>>
>> For driver support in FreeBSD, Atheros is definitely the way to go. 
>> Have you looked through the listings here?
>>
>> http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp
> 
> Wow, I actually think I found a card there, that is guaranteed to work. 
> Is this really the end of all my struggles? :) For only 50 USD. There 
> seem to be only one version of the card.
> 
> http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=12
> http://edbpriser.dk/Products/Listprices.asp?ID=38373 (in Danish)
> 
> The two cards /are/ the same, right?
> 
> Also, it says 108Mps? Does it matter that my AP is only 54Mbps?

There's *one* other card on the list that seems perfect for me:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Communication/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=988&ProductName=GN-WP01GT
http://edbpriser.dk/Products/Listprices.asp?ID=249274

1.0 - I guess that means, that there is only one version. This card is a 
little cheaper and also newer. Should I go for this instead?