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Date:      Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:46:06 +0000
From:      Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com>
To:        Dundar Turker <Turker.Dundar@nrm.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Don't know what else to do - NetGEAR WG311 54Mbps PCI card not recognized
Message-ID:  <41A5A9DE.2060302@circlesquared.com>
In-Reply-To: <D46D51393F6F0C48B6BBE638F66DC4A30949B2@CHQMAIL1.lands.resnet.qg>
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Dundar Turker wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> I installed FreeBSD 5.3 from CD and later downloaded RELENG_5_3 from a FreeBSD CVS site, then added ath and ath_hal as devices in the kernel configuration file. I generated the new kernel and rebooted the machine with it successfully.  However, still I cannot get the kernel to recognize my WG311 NetGEAR PCI card.  I searched the net for possible solutions people provided but found none... There are a number of people repoting the same driver (or configuration) problem but there is no answer I could find. 
> 
> I am very desperate now and not sure where to go from here...  Could you please help to get this wireless network adapter to work. I looked into the output from dmesg and there is not even a word to show it was seen by the kernel.
> 

This is becoming a FAQ.

The chipset changed in midstream from atheros to Texas Instruments. You 
need to use the NDIS compatibility stuff in 5.3 to make this work.

It's very annoying.

Peter.



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