Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:25:56 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman-Kazlauskas <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Kevin McErlean <kevin.m.mcerlean@gmail.com>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek wireless card support Message-ID: <0faf1aae-bfad-5034-f560-656f10df4ec3@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAM=Zmiv50vqbEFBsW1y5fqLsvXN9ch%2BQR6j_O7fndK4NhaGZ7w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAM=Zmisg_hA88iAntT_oXB9xvvSc6RJdo=%2Bj-nSYby4=EwxcQQ@mail.gmail.com> <3cdb4f89-b369-9051-dfc9-17b23276effe@unsane.co.uk> <CAM=Zmiv50vqbEFBsW1y5fqLsvXN9ch%2BQR6j_O7fndK4NhaGZ7w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Odd its not working, from what you pasted below rtwn0@pci0:7:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1629103c chip=0x817610ec rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 Its showing the driver as attached. whats the output of grep rtwn /var/run/dmesg.boot Also i'm bring the freebsd-wireless mailing list back in as more eyes are better for solving this kind of stuff and also I can be a bit slow at replying (work, small children, cats, etc etc) Vince On 19/02/2017 02:51, Kevin McErlean wrote: > here is the read out from pciconf -lv (just for Ethernet and wireless > > none1@pci0:2:0:0: class=0xff0000 card=0x3577103c chip=0x520910ec > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device = 'RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader' > re0@pci0:6:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x3577103c chip=0x813610ec > rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device = 'RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > rtwn0@pci0:7:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1629103c chip=0x817610ec > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.' > device = 'RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter' > class = network > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Vincent Hoffman-Kazlauskas > <vince@unsane.co.uk <mailto:vince@unsane.co.uk>> wrote: > > > > On 14/02/2017 08:21, Kevin McErlean wrote: > > Dear sir, or ma'am, > > I am a novice/hobbyist and have recently put > > FreeBSD 11 on an HP 2000 DX219 notebook; I have spent some time > trying to > > get drivers for the RTL8188CE wireless card, without much luck. It > is only > > after several attempts and forum searches that I am sending this > email, as > > this was a "practical application" to learn from. Any guidance on > this will > > be absolutely appreciated. Thank you for your time. > > Hi, > according to the manpage, rtwn should be the correct driver (based > solely on a quick search using > root@bsdpkgbuild:~ # apropos Realtek | grep -i 8188ce > rtwn(4) - Realtek RTL8188CE PCIe IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network > device ) > and a quick read of the manpage suggests adding > > if_rtwn_load="YES" > legal.realtek.license_ack=1 > rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_load="YES" > rtwn-rtl8192cfwU_B_load="YES" > > > to /boot/loader.conf > and rebooting. > check its been seen ok by running > sysctl net.wlan.devices > > which should return something like > net.wlan.devices: rtwn0 > > from there you should be ok to follow the handbook on wireless. > > > Hope that helps, > Vince > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> > mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless>; > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >
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