From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 25 08:40:23 2004 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 2D1D916A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.wrs.com (unknown-1-11.windriver.com [147.11.1.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C7543D1D for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wpaul@windriver.com) Received: from huisne.wrs.com (huisne [147.11.46.60]) by mail.wrs.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA24422; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:18 -0800 (PST) From: william paul Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by huisne.wrs.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id IAA17116; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:17 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200403251640.IAA17116@huisne.wrs.com> To: malcolm.kay@internode.on.net (Malcolm Kay) Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200403252135.27219.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> from "Malcolm Kay" at Mar 25, 2004 09:35:27 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: b1henning@hotmail.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot find windows driver for nic, please help 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: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:40:23 -0000 Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Malcolm Kay had to walk into mine and say: > On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:35, Brian H wrote: > > Greetings Bill, > > > > I own a linksys WMP11 with the following chipset. > > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > > device =3D 'BCM4301 802.11b IEEE 802.11b WLAN client chipset' > > class =3D network > > > > I am trying to get it working in freebsd 5.2.1, so i figured I could = > just > > goto the linksys website and download the windows driver. > > > > = > http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=3D33&scid=3D36&prid=3D1= > 96 > > > > the problem is the driver contains the bcmwl5.sys file, but it does = > not > > contain the bcmwl5.ini file. You're looking for a .inf file *NOT* a .ini file. They're not the same thing. The driver distribution from Linksys most definitely has both a .sys file and .inf file for your device. Look harder. Also, check for both upper and lower case file names. > > You have me totally confused or am I missing something? How does a = > windows > driver help you with freebsd 5.2.1 ? He's trying to use the NDISulator which lets you use Windows binary network drivers with FreeBSD. Before you go looking, the code is in -current, not 5.2.1, but it will work with 5.2.1 if you install it all correctly. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems ============================================================================= you're just BEGGING to face the moose =============================================================================