From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 2 20:56:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 1FC6616A441 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:56:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9040D43D58 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:56:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (jn@ns1 [69.55.238.237]) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k02KuE1f069862; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:56:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id k02KuEt1069861; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:56:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.jnielsen.net: www set sender to lists@jnielsen.net using -f Received: from 68.54.28.226 ([68.54.28.226]) by newwebmail.jnielsen.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:56:13 -0500 Message-ID: <20060102155613.unu8p5ita844kkgs@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:56:13 -0500 From: John Nielsen To: Brian John References: <43B98A66.3010004@fusemail.com> In-Reply-To: <43B98A66.3010004@fusemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: driver for CompUSA wireless card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:56:15 -0000 Quoting Brian John : > Hello, > I just picked up CompUSA's generic PCI 802.11g card. FreeBSD did not > recognize it after my install. I was able to get it to install > using windows drivers. However, if possible I would like to use one > of the native FreeBSD drivers. I've never done this sort of thing > before. If you wanted native OS support, you probably should have done more research before buying. I don't know anything about your card in particular (and you didn't supply many details), but I suspect from the fact that it _is_ a "generic" CompUSA card that native FreeBSD support is not likely to be very important either to the manufacturer or the user base and therefore probably hasn't happened (and probably won't). That said, if the NDIS (Windows) emulation driver does everything you need it to, then there really isn't any reason not to keep using it. For future reference, the best-supported wireless driver in FreeBSD is currently ath(4). The manpage has a URL for an up-to-date list of compatible hardware (and who makes it). JN