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From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
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Subject: Re: HOWTO wireless please.
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Marwan Sultan wrote:

> ALso i tried the ndisgen way, to convert, and it built the driver as  
> w39n51_sys.ko and i kldloaded
> 
> # kldload /usr/home/admin/w39n51_sys.ko
> after issuing this command, no devices showedup in ifconfig -a and
> this is the result in /var/log/messages
> 
> kernel: ndis0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection> mem 
> 0xd2100000-0xd2100fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci6
> kernel: ndis0: couldn't map memory
> kernel: device_attach: ndis0 attach returned 6
> 
> There is no wireless devices showing..! :(
> Again its HP pavilion dv5178us
> the wireless is a builtin, and its Broadcom Corp HP Integrated module.

This seems to indicate that your interface is the Intel 3945ABG chipset 
which gives you the keywords you need to search for a driver. IIRC one 
is in development, they are still discussing how to name it. Previous 
chipsets use the ipw and iwi driver, check this website:

   http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/

Also, they mention the need to install ports/net/iwi-firmware-kmod

Cheers, Erik
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