From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 17 03:24:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE59106566B for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:24:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D05418FC1D for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:24:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2479785rvf.43 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:24:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=XAbIWk/jXYPhl5q2K9zu6fewm3TKPUt4yDcBSbSjbTA=; b=nIjQg1J3/D0O6RKn7l9XDeIHzSYXOSNdwySZompuKJxq1jysmFUcqRYrg6UyZ6mwRd 1xMrpQLC8f1HSj8qiEyf2JpOXY1emPuQKWtaBBMz/A3Y9Pao/hkSlXZO9KoH3uUAdqfd wPAEqS4P1s4Z61yrq/sIPTddvmBRIC3iQLfr0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=NUR/wAHoZAOYJYX5IyYOL4FMasDt/jfmYbV1CmIrZF7khbGGlrGMMaFPdNcibiMM9y aLLM30fe//c727/FbWzEvSY+XsL09X8gosq2sb3AYJCYtJQHeztBRxyhK1h3h9E3iImB Jzv8ezDFM/ha22ZzgfgeiwnCit2snACBty/XE= Received: by 10.141.171.1 with SMTP id y1mr2428950rvo.38.1218943469771; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:24:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.199.11 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:24:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:24:29 -0500 From: "Andrew Gould" To: "Tim Kellers" In-Reply-To: <48A5F75E.7020006@wallnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <407385.56133.qm@web52109.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <48A5BE8E.4070808@lanl.gov> <48A5EF17.8000705@acm.poly.edu> <48A5F75E.7020006@wallnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: ipfreak@yahoo.com, James Harrison , Boris Kochergin , freebsd general questions Subject: Re: desktop wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:24:31 -0000 On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Tim Kellers wrote: > I have had Lynksys cards that were not recognized, but in those cases I was > able to use ndisgen (after I dug up the Windows drivers) to create a wrapper > and enable those cards in both FreeBSD 6.3 and 7 -CURRENT (way back when 7 > was current). I haven't had to do it since 7.0-RELEASE but I'd expect it to > work as well. > > Tim Kellers > CPE/NJIT > > > Boris Kochergin wrote: > >> James Harrison wrote: >> >>> gahn wrote: >>> >>>> Hello: >>>> >>>> Could anyone recommend a desktop wireless card for freebsd 6.2? Just >>>> moved in new place and only wireless in the house. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I use whatever was the cheapest linksys wireless G card I could find; >>> plugs in to PCI slot and works wonderfully. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> I'm not certain that everything Linksys puts out has FreeBSD-supported >> hardware inside. I have a bunch of TRENDnet TEW-443PI and Netgear WG311T >> cards that work well. They use the ath(4) driver. >> >> As a general statement, I'm pretty sure that anything with an Atheros chip >> inside (a fact often advertised on boxes of the products) that doesn't >> support any incarnation of 802.11n will work with said driver. >> http://atheros.rapla.net/ has more details. >> >> -Boris > > > I recommend looking at the hardware notes for your specific release. You can find 6.2's wireless notes at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware-i386.html#WLAN The man pages for the device drivers contain lists of compatible models. Beware: Some manufacturers will change the version number but not the model number when they change chipsets; so pay close attention to both the model and version numbers that are provided. Many of the models are old, but that means you can get many of them cheaply on eBay. Another option is getting a wireless adapter that plugs into your ethernet port, so operating system compatibility should not be an issue. One such product can be found here: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=333 Good luck, Andrew Gould