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Justin 

[this does contain a tidbit of information directly related to your
question... but a good part is for the general audience]

--- Justin Nichols <decypher13@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> this is probably the epitomy newbie ignorance, but i was just
> wondering 
> if i could get wireless kernel support out of the retail distribution
> of 
> 4.6 stable.  I didn't see it as a kernel config option the couple of 
> times i did it. sadly all i need is a yes or no, but anymore info
> would 
> be good (though i don't know what else would help me).
> 

Someone else already answered yes, but I have a newbie tip I just
relearned the hard way.

I was having a hard time finding out which wifi cards are supported by
fbsd.    I looked around for some time, reading lots of good stuff, but
never quite sure which cards worked with the wi driver.

Doooh!  man wi gives a list of cards.  You might want to try looking at
it or the other wireless drivers (an, ray, awi,?)

I guess the moral is to try to go straight to the source.  Sometimes I
have a hard time with man pages, but usually if I do not look at them,
they contain exactly what I wanted to find.

good luck!  
dave

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