Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:56:31 -0500 From: Rodger Castle <rodger@profocusdesigns.com> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath driver usage for Netgear WG511T Message-ID: <20050326095631.650bc909.rodger@profocusdesigns.com> In-Reply-To: <20050326133705.GA8705@polands.org> References: <20050326073041.65da4bd2.rodger@profocusdesigns.com> <20050326133705.GA8705@polands.org>
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Thanks for the tip, Doug. I'm a bit sketchy on using and changing drivers as laptops seem to be the only time where non-standard drivers are required for me (by non-standard, I mean those not enabled by a default install). I just finished the recompile of 5.4-PRERELEASE and loaded the if_ath driver and no errors seem to be thrown from dmesg or syslog. I'll run out to the local truck stop tonight, see if it works, and report back. It seems FlyingJ has some specific requirements for their Wi-Fi system but it could be that this is my first time experimenting with wi-fi. At any rate, I'll put a full report of my findings tonight up here. Thanks again for the help. Rodger On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:37:10 -0600 Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 07:30:41AM -0500, Rodger Castle wrote: > > I am trying to get a Netgear WG511T working with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. > > > I use the same card in a Dell C600 laptop on 5.3-STABLE with no > problems. > > > I noticed that this card was listed in my HARDWARE.TXT list, so I > > assumed it would be supported. Upon trying this card, having it fail, > > and doing some digging in pccard.conf, I see that it is not. I > > attempted to use ndis/if_ndis with the driver supplied with the card > > and it throws several errors as well. I do not have access to the > > error logs at the moment as I am currently compiling an upgrade to > > 5.4-PRERELEASE to attempt to correct the problem. > > > load if_ath.ko at boot > > > -- > Regards, > Doug >
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