From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Jan 28 07:16:39 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B936A16A400
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:16:39 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com)
Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB0E213C494
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:16:39 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com)
Received: from liam.billschoolcraft.com ([71.141.72.46]) by typhoon.he.net for
	<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:16:36 -0800
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:16:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill-Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>
X-X-Sender: bill@liam.billschoolcraft.com
To: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de>
In-Reply-To: <45BBEF69.10408@janh.de>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701272311460.6609@liam.billschoolcraft.com>
References: <45BBEF69.10408@janh.de>
System-ID: [en] (Athlon i686 GNU/Linux)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 6.2 -- Linksys wusb11 wireless supported? (oh no!)
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:16:39 -0000

At Sun, 28 Jan 2007 it looks like Jan Henrik Sylvester composed:

> The only usb wlan driver in FreeBSD is ural (Ralink RT2500USB). Also, ndis
> (Windows driver wrapper) does not work for usb devices. Thus, you are out of
> luck.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Open_Source_Wireless_Drivers
> 
> (Some people seem to be working on porting rum and zyd from OpenBSD to
> FreeBSD, but that won't help you, either.)

Oh... that is very disappointing.

I have my laptop triple booted with Windows-2000, Knoppix-5.1.1 and
FreeBSD-6.2 and was going to show off FreeBSD's network speed as a
comparison test to show my coworkers that Linux and 2000 is not the only
option.

:(

-- 
Bill Schoolcraft <*> http://wiliweld.com
                  ~
"Unix is very simple, but it takes a
genius to understand the simplicity."
         (Dennis Ritchie)