[nfries88]

Originally Posted by cabal

If FreeBSD, then Atheros imo. If OpenBSD then it doesn't matter if you don't need WPA, otherwise I've made good experiences with Ralink. Well of course you should inform yourself about supported devices.

The best way to do it, read the manuals:

e.g. for Ralink/OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.c...86&format=html

or

Atheros/FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...SE&format=html

I don't really have any interest in OpenBSD, but how is Atheros support on Linux and Solaris?

And I very well may need WPA, since I'll be on a military base most of the time and I can't imagine them not having secure wifi (of course it may be presumptuous of me to assume they'll have wifi at all).