Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:36:45 +1000 From: Matthew Poole <mattypoole@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD support for wireless card Message-ID: <2ad7eff5050516233666203a42@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4288B969.2070700@errno.com> References: <20050516025440.1D2D55D08@ptavv.es.net> <4288B969.2070700@errno.com>
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Hi Kevin, Sam and Scott Thanks very much, your helpful info has given me lots to run with; I'll let you know how I went. Thanks & Regards, Matt. On 5/17/05, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: > Kevin Oberman wrote: > >>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:47:49 +1000 > >>From: Matthew Poole <mattypoole@gmail.com> > >>Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > >> > >>Just wondering what kind of support DWL-G520 + AirPlus Xtreme 2.4GHz > >>(802.11g) Wireless 108Mbps PCI Adapter has in BSD. > >> > >>I remember reading something about it being in the prism II chipset > >>but didn't seem to get anywhere. > >> > >>If anyone could point me in the direction of some kind of list of > >>adapters & corresponding chipsets that are supported under FreeBSD > >>5.2/similar it'd be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Someone may have better information, but I believe that only the 802.11= b > > flavors of the Prism are supported. I'm pretty sure that 802.11g is onl= y > > available on Prism (same name but not the same interface). It SHOULD > > work with ndis, though. You will need the Windows driver installation > > software to configure and load the ndis driver. > > > > I believe ndis is available with both Current and 5.4. >=20 > Anything marked "108Mbps" is an Atheros part (108 =3D 2x54 =3D Atheros Tu= rbo > mode). Unfortunately the poster requested support for "5.2/similar" and > the 5.x systems have old ath support which may not work with their card. > I'm considering backporting the card support (only) to 5.x later in > the year but for now -current is the only place to get support for all > available Atheros parts. >=20 > Sam >=20 >
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