Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:54:43 -0700 From: "Jeff Lutzenberger" <jeffl@iesweb.com> To: <doc@FreeBSD.org> Subject: ndis and wireless connection documentation fix Message-ID: <200601021947.k02JlmqE013552@mx-out.daemonmail.net>
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I'm very new to BSD but I really like the architecture and am having a blast with it so far, thank you thank you thank you! I just got my Belkin (cheap) wireless card working using ndis. I was following the instructions in the handbook under the network-wireless chapter and found a nice place to get tripped up as a newbie. After messing around for a while I finally realized I had to copy the .ko file to /boot/kernel in order to kldload the module. For what ever reason 'make install' did not copy the module to /boot/kernel (maybe that's a good thing!). While I realize I should have thoroughly rtfm, I think the documentation could possibly be improved here. The procedure for me became: # ndiscvt -i my_network_driver.inf -s my_network_driver.sys -o ndis_driver_data.h # make && make install # cp my_network_driver.ko /boot/kernel # kldload if_ndis # kldload my_network_driver As opposed to the following procedure given in the handbook: # ndiscvt -i my_network_driver.inf -s my_network_driver.sys -o ndis_driver_data.h # make && make install # kldload ndis # kldload if_ndis Is this a special case for the Belkin card or is this a common problem/procedure? Jeffhelp
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