From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 11 00:51:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E81416A403 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dprobd02.vailsys.com (dprobd02.vailsys.com [63.149.73.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EF543D78 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:51:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by dprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC5A08A5C91; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB694323E8F; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:09 -0600 (CST) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAB0p9Um030944; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:09 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kAB0p9Hl024099; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:09 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:09 -0600 From: Damian Wiest To: Rem P Roberti Message-ID: <20061111005109.GE25030@dfwdamian.vail> References: <454E09CF.70909@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <454E09CF.70909@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Laptop Wireless 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: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:51:16 -0000 On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 07:57:03AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > Would someone point me in the right direction here. I have an old > Compaq Presario 1692 that my sister-in-law gave to me after she > upgraded. I installed FreeBSD 6.1 and everything is working fine. > However, the laptop also came with a Belkin Wireless G (F5D7011) > notebook card, and I would like to learn how to install the appropriate > drivers for the card to work. I am new to FreeBSD, and have glanced at > the Handbook section dealing with wireless. It's a little daunting at > this time, and I haven't yet been able to make sense out of it with > respect to this laptop and wireless card. Any help in making the > process understandable would be much appreciated. > > Rem Can you post the dmesg? Assuming that particular device has a working driver, you can probably use ifconfig for most of the wireless settings. -Damian