From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 19 16:01:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044D6FEA for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:01:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnagyjr1978@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yh0-f52.google.com (mail-yh0-f52.google.com [209.85.213.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAFEC8FC15 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f52.google.com with SMTP id o22so508427yho.39 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:01:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qlbhaNFbasKfsPjTSRGtFV37b83bqoVTcdzvXba96O0=; b=Juy4dAY3du1J1KUWdHVtWQRPauUzI1lgqhVW5Oy40fHj7T9AC6zlj5QXSPyhYoZD/S Gwryw0KaYF9dIW1uuYmeSRO3dbNR8s5mrx+t20fzkbL4Q6YJtgCqk3oLBbTYp3GoEeWk QAl8YKtQr5f3k6sl+0sFqgOMPXnhZQKfzSHANHj93rqWm1+Yv1NpknIvhnoBWTO5UjHs 082e6KOHjvdWwvEg4sktV4RjHnR38FwNon0zSJRg7V7Pcrpc4Hw+fcS3mtGKXArKR8VH DTGeDEABpcgjwqQKCY1KRo1S5TSZUpVljdE08OwsfIdyXyRQ+soSt0zR8B6FQbHDShr6 nh7g== X-Received: by 10.236.144.137 with SMTP id n9mr5736656yhj.107.1355929259017; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:00:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (vid-196.dhcp.grp10.tnmmrl.infoave.net. [204.116.254.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q4sm4388096anp.18.2012.12.19.07.00.57 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:00:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50D1D6A7.3070303@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:00:55 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wifi support? References: <20121219145905.GE16826@Lothlorien> In-Reply-To: <20121219145905.GE16826@Lothlorien> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:01:56 -0000 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). -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org