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Subject: Re: BSD support for wireless card
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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
>