In message <55307.66.157.144.77.1053562328.squirrel@www.zybx.com>, "Christian v
on Kleist" writes:
>
>     I'm looking for a good wireless card to run in my notebook (so it
>needs to be PCMCIA, obviously).  I found some previous discussion
>about this on the i386 archive, but those messages are from quite
>some time ago and some of the models mentioned aren't available at my
>BestBuy anymore.
>
>     What are some common (i.e., available at BestBuy or the like) 802.11b
>PCMCIA cards that would work well in NetBSD 1.6.1 or -current?

From everything I've heard, the Cisco Aironet cards have the best 
transmit strength, and hence will work in weaker signal areas than 
others.  I have very limited experience using them -- I borrowed one at 
a conference under conditions that my Orinoco card couldn't handle well 
-- but it seemed to work.  My only complaint at the time was the 
apparent lack of an equivalent to wiconfig; I'd now miss wistumbler as 
well, unless there's an an(4) equivalent.

But I doubt you can find one at Best Buy.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)