From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Oct 31 13:31:42 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 13F0537B401 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:31:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD97A43E77 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:31:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fscked@pacbell.net) Received: from pacbell.net ([63.196.6.7]) by mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0H4V00CXZ7SN9W@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net> for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:31:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:32:45 -0800 From: richard childers Subject: Re: Belkin wireless support To: nadas@torrentnet.com Cc: "M. Warner Losh" , mraught@acm.org, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <3DC1A17D.31A180F9@pacbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (WinNT; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en References: <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net> <3DC135F9.23766.1A08D18@localhost> 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 It would not surprise me to learn that the Belkin card has a chipset that is already supported, and it just hasn't been added to the pccard.conf. Could someone who has a working Belkin PCMCIA card post their entry for use by others? A terse 'It works' doesn't help anyone. -- richard nadas@torrentnet.com wrote: > 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 -- Richard A Childers/KG6HAC -- Senor UNIX System & Network Administrator "Dont forget nothing." Maj Rogers, standing orders, 1st Ranger Bn, 1759 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message