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Date:      Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:01:12 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        stephane antoine <stephane.antoine@kcl.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Wlan 802.11 support for FreeBSD 4.2
Message-ID:  <20010728140112.A27582@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <00d701c117a6$7ae0d710$400b4989@eee.kcl.ac.uk>; from stephane.antoine@kcl.ac.uk on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 09:47:02PM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.32.0107271046010.37703-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <3B63206D.4377EDD9@mindspring.com> <00d701c117a6$7ae0d710$400b4989@eee.kcl.ac.uk>

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On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 09:47:02PM +0100, stephane antoine wrote:
> Does anybody know if there=20
> is a support for wlan 802.11 for
> FreeBSD 4.2 ?

Yes, but you really should upgarde to 4.3-STABLE.  Support is greatly
improved.  What care are you using.  Virtualy all are supported in the
lastest stable, but it may be important.

> I have a 802.11 card plugged in my laptop
> and I am running FreeBSD 4.2.
> I only have the following interfaces when I type=20
> ifconfig -a
> fxp0(eth), lp0, faith0, gif0, gif1, gif2, gif3, lo0, ppp0, sl0,
> and no wireless interface as I am expecting.

Are the wi and an devices in your kernel?  They should be in GENERIC.
Is pccardd enabled?

My suggestion would be to upgrade to stable and then ask on questions if
it continues to not work.

-- Brooks

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