From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 18:48:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045E6106564A for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 18:48:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from hs-out-0708.google.com (hs-out-0708.google.com [64.233.178.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8378FC14 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 18:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by hs-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id m63so455125hsc.11 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 11:48:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.29.17 with SMTP id c17mr3610482agc.26.1210877287955; Thu, 15 May 2008 11:48:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio ( [67.189.233.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x55sm3062935hsx.5.2008.05.15.11.48.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 15 May 2008 11:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:47:47 -0400 From: Gerard To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080515144747.71807167@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <482C672C.4020107@earthlink.net> References: <482B2020.4030706@earthlink.net> <20080514181828.GA56648@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <482C248D.9030708@earthlink.net> <20080515085118.15a54b72@scorpio> <482C672C.4020107@earthlink.net> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q X-Operating-System: FreeBSD-6.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/oJPgcUw4d_absgjiPM_rF9_"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: Does FBSD 7 support 802.11N cards? G suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 18:48:10 -0000 --Sig_/oJPgcUw4d_absgjiPM_rF9_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:39:08 -0500 Walter wrote: > Gerard wrote: >=20 > >I have done something similar to that myself. Go to the linksys site > >and download the latest available driver for your card. Then visit: > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html > > > >and follow the directions there. > > =20 > > >=20 > I found the direction at 11.8.1 helpful, and was able to use /ndisgen/ > and /kldload/ to bring up the card. (Yea!) >=20 > Now I need to configure it - I'm printing out 29.3 now. But I can't > get the interface to be brought up at boot, a la: >=20 > ---- >=20 > You can configure the system to load the NDIS modules at boot time in=20 > the same way as with any other module. First, copy the generated > module, W32DRIVER.ko, to the /boot/modules directory. Then, add the > following line to /boot/loader.conf: >=20 > W32DRIVER_load=3D"YES" >=20 >=20 > ---- >=20 > but I can bring it up manually from the modules directory. >=20 > Can anyone tell me what's wrong? Have you checked user/group ownership? I think it has to be root/wheel. It should also be executable, 0755 if I remember correctly. Are there any warning or error messages displayed at boot-up that might indicate what is happening? --=20 =E2=80=9CGerard=E2=80=9D gerard@seibercom.net "Your son still sliding down the banisters?" "We wound barbed wire around them." "That stop him?" "No, but it sure slowed him up." --Sig_/oJPgcUw4d_absgjiPM_rF9_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgshVsACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMlARACg6/fVYYJme18yDIzcrGOIhBaS VLgAnjO6YKqKUwmuaTp/dyB9Eohn2RHF =oZjT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/oJPgcUw4d_absgjiPM_rF9_--