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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
>
>
>
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