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Date:      Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:37:54 -0800
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, cel@citi.umich.edu
Subject:   Re: wireless on a laptop
Message-ID:  <43FF4472.4000505@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <200602240830.42905.flz@xbsd.org>
References:  <43FDE57A.7040504@citi.umich.edu> <200602240830.42905.flz@xbsd.org>

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Florent Thoumie wrote:
> On Thursday 23 February 2006 17:40, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> hi all-
>>
>> i have a D-Link DWL-G650M PCCard (Atheros) and an IBM T40 laptop.  they
>> don't want to talk with each other.
>>
>> the T40 has a built in Aironet, but the driver generates "received 194
>> bytes, expected 196 bytes" messages in the system log, and i can't get
>> it to work.
>>
>> so i bought this Atheros-based super-G card.
>>
>> the problem is the cardbus infrastructure doesn't seem to recognize the
>> card.  even if i "kldload if_ath".
>>
>> i'm new to FreeBSD, so any guidance here would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Atheros Super-G cards are not (yet?) supported.
> 
> I think your best bet is to use ndis(4) (see ndisgen(8)).
> 
Super-G is a buzzword for various optional features; the cards work fine 
  when not using those features.

	Sam




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