From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 08:47:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B3716A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:47:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (ol.freeshell.org [192.94.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1670043D41 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:47:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wang@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:wang@sdf.lonestar.org [192.94.73.1]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i16GljKc022724 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:47:45 GMT Received: (from wang@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id i16Gljon022386; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:47:45 GMT Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:47:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Wang To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: USB Wireless Adapter support in fbsd 5.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:47:52 -0000 Hi, I get access to the Internet via a wireless connection to my router in another room. I use a usb wireless adapter (Netgear WG121), which works fine under Win....but I am really not sure how to get this working with FreeBSD 5.1. I have read the manual and a few forum posts, and it seems that USB adapters are supported by default in FreeBSD 5? Is this true, or is there something I need to enable in the kernel? I am just not sure what to do in order to get this working, and until it works...my BSD box is without inet access :(:( Could anyone help? when I insert the USB wireless adapter whilst sitting in a shell...I get: ugen1: BayNETGEAR product 0x4210, rev 2.00/2.03, addr2 But "ifconfig -a" reveals no wireless adapters :( Thanks for your time! Best regards Wang