[Soekris] working wireless minipci cards in 802.11a or g mode under OpenBSD 4.3

[Guillaume FORTAINE]

Hello,

According to the OpenBSD Current Changelog [1] :

Added a kernel implementation of the 4-way handshake and group-key 
handshake protocols of 802.11i, and a software implementation of TKIP 
and CCMP, making WPA/WPA2-PSK usable in both station and hostap modes 
for bwi(4), malo(4), ral(4), iwn(4), wpi(4), ural(4), rum(4), upgt(4), 
and zyd(4).


Especially the ral device drivers [2] :

Amigo AWI-922W. Billionton MIWLGRL. Gigabyte GN-WIKG. Gigabyte GN-
WI01GS. Gigabyte GN-WI02GM. MSI MP54G2. MSI MS-6833. SparkLAN
WMIR-215GN. Tonze PC-620C. Zinwell ZWX-G360.


Unfortunately, these are mainly OEM Devices. However, I was able to find 
a International retail store for the SparkLAN WMIR-215GN [3] (but I 
didn't buy it at the current time ;~) !)

I have cc'ed Mister Bergamini who is the author of the ral driver. He 
will be able to provide a better feedback on the driver status and I am 
sure that he will enjoy comments on his side as well ;~) !

Good luck :) !

Best Regards,

[1] http://www.openbsd.org/plus.html
[2] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ral&sektion=4&format=html
[3] 
http://www.oxfordtec.com/uk/p119/SparkLAN-WMIR-215GN-WLAN-802.11n-draft-MiniPCI-Wifi-Module---Laptop-Internal-Ralink-RT2860-Chipset-Wireless-Adapter/product_info.html

Dave wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking to compile a list (of at least one :-) working minipci wireless card(s) which reliably run at the fastest supported speed under 802.11a or 802.11g on OpenBSD 4.3.  The minipci card would be intended to run in a Soekris 5501 box.
>
> I've read the OpenBSD docs and searched and read a lot of documents re: BSD support for such devices, but it seems a lot of people are only having success with speeds up to 11Mbps.
>
> I am looking to get specific makes and models of minipci cards please!
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
> Regards,
> Dave
>
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