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Subject: Re: netgear ma521
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Alex wrote:
> bit of a noob question here, i have a netgear ma521 wirless b card.
> 
> When i plug it in dmesg gives me:
> cardbus1: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> 
> nothing when i unplug.
> 
> i was told that i need to install something in order to get it to
> recognize wireless cards.  do i need to recompile the kernel or
> something? hopefully this isnt too difficult to do!
> 

I looked around a little and it looks like this card has a RealTek 8180L 
chipset. I don't believe FreeBSD supports that chipset yet... However, 
you should be able to get it working using the NDIS stuff (NDISulator or 
Project Evil, or whatever it's called) a simple explanation is on 
http://www.xl0.org/FreeBSD/ndis.txt for the semi experienced. also man 
ndis. for more info google with ndis and freebsd, you should get plenty 
of info.

-mark