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Date:      Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:00:55 -0600
From:      "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wifi support?
Message-ID:  <50D1D6A7.3070303@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121219145905.GE16826@Lothlorien>
References:  <20121219145905.GE16826@Lothlorien>

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On 12/19/12 08:59, Thuban wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to try freebsd, but I need to know if my wifi card will be
> usable.
> A lspci under debian returns :
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE
> 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (rev 01)
>
> Can you tell me where I can find if this card is supported or not?
>
> Thank you.
>

RealTek wifi support is nil in 9.x (I have a RealTek wireless and wired 
in my laptop and only the wired works). You'll have to use ndistulator 
to get RealTek wifi under FreeBSD (its how its done in Linux afaik).

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Joseph A Nagy Jr
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