From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 12:45:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9908B1065805 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:45:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aman.jassal@esigetel.fr) Received: from smtp2c.orange.fr (smtp2c.orange.fr [80.12.242.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F84B8FC14 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aman.jassal@esigetel.fr) Received: from smtp20.orange.fr (mwinf2004 [172.22.130.26]) by mwinf2c10.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 67ECA1C01D43 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:05:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2004.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2D0BD2000073; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:05:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from PCdeKimKas (AMontsouris-153-1-23-65.w86-212.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.212.22.65]) by mwinf2004.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7A6A02000120; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:05:50 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20090325110550501.7A6A02000120@mwinf2004.orange.fr Message-ID: From: "Aman Jassal" To: "Chris Ruiz" , References: <41D96B7F-F76D-4F35-BA1D-0EDF810E6140@young-alumni.com> In-Reply-To: <41D96B7F-F76D-4F35-BA1D-0EDF810E6140@young-alumni.com> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:05:39 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16669 Cc: Subject: Re: NDIS - True OR False X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:45:52 -0000 Hello Chris, 1) >From my personal experience, NDIS doesn't work well with Vista drivers, but I was working with Wifi USB dongles (and it was about 5 months ago). I had tried to make a NDIS driver for a Netgear WG111v2 Wifi USB dongle, using the Vista driver provided by Netgear, but it just never worked. However I also had a Netgear WG111v2 Wifi USB dongle, but I had the XP driver for it, and NDIS managed to produce a module that could support my dongle on a FreeBSD 7.0 box. Now the thing is, I have been working on that about 5 or 6 months ago, perhaps now the people from Project Evil have done some work to support Vista drivers. I was working with Wifi USB dongles, and I knew that NDIS does struggle to make modules to support such devices. 2) As said previously, NDIS should work with drivers for AMD-64. But then again, I haven't worked with AMD-64 myself, so I can't provide strong support T_T If you are looking to use FreeBSD with wireless cards or devices, I would suggest you take a look at the various drivers included in FreeBSD : an ; ath ; awi ; ipw ; iwi ; netintro ; ral ; rum ; ural ; wi ; wlan_ccmp ; wlan_tkip ; wlan_wep ; wlan_wauth ; zyd. Have a look at the man-pages of these drivers, the various devices and chipsets supported are mentionned, that way you can use a wireless card without having the trouble to use Ndis to make a kernel module to support your device. Just in case... Hope you find it useful. Good luck Aman Jassal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Ruiz" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:21 AM Subject: NDIS - True OR False > > True OR False > > 1) NDIS only works with XP drivers. > > 2) NDIS only works with 32-bit drivers and wont work on amd64. > > There is a lot of conflicting information on various lists, forums and > websites regarding NDIS. > > Thanks, > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >