Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:18:58 -0500 From: "Chris Orr" <chris@manual-override.net> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DWL-520+ Card Message-ID: <00d101c29a48$6d6fc700$1f01010a@chrometoaster> References: <200212012002.17027.cscotts@mindspring.com> <001a01c29a47$02475520$076d5118@beair>
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*sigh of relief* i almost bought one. instead i bought some belkin f5d6001...i cant find any info on them, but i *think* they use the "wi" driver...and plus they are like $60 on bestbuy.com :) -chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Parusel" <lists@globalrelay.net> To: <cscotts@mindspring.com>; <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 8:27 PM Subject: Re: DWL-520+ Card > > > Reading back it looks like the DWL-520 (Dlink PCI wireless card) was based > on > > the Prism chipset, but the new "Plus" model (which adds support for 22mbps > > dlink stuff) is based on another chipset (TI model?) > > > > I just bought a DWL-520+ and it has virtually nothing written on the > physical > > card and I don't see any marks for TI or otherwise. It's definitely not > > recognized under Free and NetBSD though. > > > > I'm willing to test / do anything else if someone is working on drivers, > > otherwise I'll just get a different supported card. Any news? > > > > thanks, > > Scott > > Hi Scott, > > AFAIK, it's a TI DSP .... Unfortunately, I bought these cards > thinking > there wouldn't be much difference between the 520 and the 520+. > > >From what I could find from google before, the TI DSP is a proprietary > design, with no open source drivers available or available in the near > future. > > I'd suggest returning the 520+'s and getting a pair of 520's, as I did...! > > Good Luck, > Eric > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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