From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Oct 31 10:53:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A085037B401 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:53:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from emerson.torrentnet.com (emerson.torrentnet.com [198.78.51.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83A4D43E8A for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:53:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadas@torrentnet.com) Received: from imperial.torrentnet.com (imperial.torrentnet.com [198.78.51.109]) by emerson.torrentnet.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g9VIreN56237; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:53:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from castillo.torrentnet.com (castillo.torrentnet.com [4.18.161.34]) by imperial.torrentnet.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g9VIrdj78837; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:53:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from robroy (sun13.torrentnet.com [4.18.161.118]) by castillo.torrentnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA19079; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:53:35 -0500 (EST) From: nadas@torrentnet.com To: "M. Warner Losh" Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:54:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Belkin wireless support Cc: mraught@acm.org, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3DC135F9.23766.1A08D18@localhost> In-reply-to: <20021030.215653.21333715.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org hi warner, hmmm. i can report that the belkin works for me in its pci-pcmcia card in a 4.6 stable system. the pcmcia card seemed to behave the same as my other card in a laptop, but i lack the necessary infrastructure to actually test that setup. i did have to clone the smc pccard entry and put in the belkin strings. -steve On 30 Oct 2002 at 21:56, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net> > richard childers writes: > : Summary: no, Belkins don't work under FreeBSD. > > Yes, they do, at least not in the PCMCIA<->PCI adapter. I've used > these in 'connectathons' in the past. > > : Caveat: Belkin's PCI<->PCMCIA converters *do* have a chipset that is > : recognized by FreeBSD, and it mistakenly thinks it's found a card, but it : > hasn't and it doesn't work. > > When I tested it, it worked for me. Maybe I should go to office-max > and find out why it doesn't work for you. > > Warner > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > Stephen Nadas Ericsson IPI nadas@torrentnet.com 920 Main Campus Dr. Voice: +1-919-472-9935 Fax: x/9999 Suite 500 Mobile: +1-919-522-0991 ECN: 802 29935 Raleigh, NC 27606 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message