[Soekris] 802.11g PCI or Mini-PCI for net4801?

[Jim Thompson]

Stuart Henderson wrote:

>>>Maybe I should go for the real CM9 and not the Clone? Any known 
>>>differences?
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>>>
>>"Clone CM9" doesn't make any sense.  The Wistron CM-9 is essentially a 
>>slight spin on a reference design from Atheros.   Many other Taiwanese
>>companies make similar cards, but these are in no way "clones" of the
>>Wistron design.
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>>
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>That's how Solwise describe the card: "clone CM9". I've got one but
>haven't made it work reliably yet, but there are too many untested
>factors to know where the fault lies (e.g. pigtail, card and antenna
>are all new, and I'm using OpenBSD which doesn't specifically list
>the AR5212A as used on this board). I haven't had chance to look
>into it deeply yet...
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I'll bet it runs on FreeBSD, or linux.

>Jim, am I right in thinking that NL-5354MP are AR5212, whereas NL-5354MP+
>are AR5213? If so it looks like none of the Atheros cards currently on
>netgate.com are supported in OpenBSD yet.
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If true, this is a result of the broken HAL in OpenBSD.