Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 08:16:57 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Matthew.Poole@XLR8services.com.au Subject: Re: BSD support for wireless card Message-ID: <4288B969.2070700@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20050516025440.1D2D55D08@ptavv.es.net> References: <20050516025440.1D2D55D08@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:47:49 +1000 >>From: Matthew Poole <mattypoole@gmail.com> >>Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >> >>Just wondering what kind of support DWL-G520 + AirPlus Xtreme 2.4GHz >>(802.11g) Wireless 108Mbps PCI Adapter has in BSD. >> >>I remember reading something about it being in the prism II chipset >>but didn't seem to get anywhere. >> >>If anyone could point me in the direction of some kind of list of >>adapters & corresponding chipsets that are supported under FreeBSD >>5.2/similar it'd be greatly appreciated. > > > Someone may have better information, but I believe that only the 802.11b > flavors of the Prism are supported. I'm pretty sure that 802.11g is only > available on Prism (same name but not the same interface). It SHOULD > work with ndis, though. You will need the Windows driver installation > software to configure and load the ndis driver. > > I believe ndis is available with both Current and 5.4. Anything marked "108Mbps" is an Atheros part (108 = 2x54 = Atheros Turbo mode). Unfortunately the poster requested support for "5.2/similar" and the 5.x systems have old ath support which may not work with their card. I'm considering backporting the card support (only) to 5.x later in the year but for now -current is the only place to get support for all available Atheros parts. Sam
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