From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 14:20:02 2005 Return-Path: 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 EFA0D16A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:20:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A268543D60 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:20:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20050112142001i9100bpv33e>; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:20:02 +0000 Message-ID: <41E53210.1020002@nbritton.org> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:20:00 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041230) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Walker, Michael" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: "Freebsd-Questions \(E-mail\)" Subject: Re: Linksys WPC11 Wireless Card. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:20:03 -0000 Walker, Michael wrote: >Hi > >I apologise for asking this, as I know for a fact this question has been >asked before, however when searching the archives, I am finding conflicting >answers. >I have a Linksys WPC11 Version 4 wireless notebook adapter, and am wondering >if anyone has successfully set this up using FreeBSD 5.3. >I have read that Version 4 of the card uses a different chipset to previous >versions and that this could cause some issues, how true is this? >Also what options do I need to enable in my custom kernel, I read somewhere >in the archives that I also need to disable some items in the kernel as >well, could someone please elaborate? > > > Linksys WPC11: Versions 1-3 use a Prism chipset and are PCMCIA cards. Version 4 uses a Realtek chipset and is a Cardbus card. Try this: http://sig9.com/articles/realtek-ndis-freebsd