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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:49:12 +0200
From:      Juraj Lutter <otis@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
Cc:        garyj@gmx.de, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: driver support for USB WiFi RTL8188GU
Message-ID:  <D03DD6B8-3C0A-4E3E-8F83-537AE945994A@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <25d9095c-06e8-8490-012c-589ce2fd918d@quip.cz>
References:  <bcd0faf2-40c1-3f4a-ddd4-a975eb4944ce@quip.cz> <20231010100005.6735e50f@ernst.home> <25d9095c-06e8-8490-012c-589ce2fd918d@quip.cz>

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> On 10 Oct 2023, at 10:45, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for the hint, but it seems it is already in 13.2.
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs?h=releng/13.2&id=226fef966a1f234d871c199af77ca411f87d2389
> 
> It looks like idProduct = 0x1a2b is just the fake CD-ROM drive. Should I found some different id and add it?
> I am sorry for maybe stupid question but this is the first time I play with USB WiFi dongle on FreeBSD.

These dongles often starts in “mass storage mode” where you can find (mostly) Windows drivers on it.
Once you do “eject” on the “mass storage device”, the dongle should switch into “Wireless NIC” mode.

hth
otis


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Juraj Lutter
otis@FreeBSD.org




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