Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:34:50 -0700 From: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org>, <john@critchley.biz> Subject: Re: Annother Wireless network card annother problem Message-ID: <006401c30951$b340b870$15b55042@vizion2000.net> References: <200304211031.aa06455@banana.critchley.biz> <200304210911.51382.wes@softweyr.com>
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Now I have theNetgear card firmware updated (thanks everyone, especially Doug Barton, for the all help) this PCI card seems to perform extremely well and shows every intention of being reliable. I will give more feedback after it has een up for a few weeks (I hope) David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes Peters" <wes@softweyr.com> To: <john@critchley.biz>; <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "vizion communication" <vizion@ixpres.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Annother Wireless network card annother problem > On Monday 21 April 2003 02:31, john@critchley.biz wrote: > > Um, this seems to be all over the place - which mailing list *SHOULD* > > this topic be on? > > Probably on -questions; I'll send it back there. > > You screwed up the attributions somehow. I wrote this: > > > >I also have a Lucent Orinoco Silver PCCard > > > and a Belkin F5D6020 PCCard. I don't use the Belkin much because my > > > battery life is noticeably shorter than with the NetGear card. > > > > I have a Belkin F5D6020 which is giving me trouble - although I am > > trying to use it with a Belkin F5D6000 PCI adapter - here's what the wi > > driver has to say about them: > > > > wi0: <PRISM2STA WaveLAN> port 0xa400-0xa43f,0xa800-0xa87f mem > > 0xf4000000-0xf4000fff irq 12 at device 10.0 on pci0 wi0: > > CSR_READ_2(WI_HFA384X_SWSUPPORT0_OFF) wanted 18989, got 0 > > device_probe_and_attach: wi0 attach returned 6 > > You don't mention which version of FreeBSD you're using. Many of the PCI > bridges on the 802.11 PCI adapters are not supported, or not well > supported, on FreeBSD 4.x. I think some of them might have better > support on 5.x, but I haven't tried WiFi there, and if I do, it'll be > with with the Aironet PCI card. > > You might want to look into a PCCard bridge that is known good for > whatever release you're running. Sorry, I don't have any advice to give > on that front, I haven't looked at those things for at least 5 years. > > -- > > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > > Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com > >
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