Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:27:47 +0000 From: beni <beni@brinckman.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a Hercules HWGUSB2-54-V2 wifi usb adapter Message-ID: <200707301927.47570.beni@brinckman.info> In-Reply-To: <20070730161343.GA13174@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200707301531.48912.beni@brinckman.info> <20070730161343.GA13174@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Monday 30 July 2007 16:13:43 Roland Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 03:31:48PM +0000, beni wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > System : 6.2-REL p4.
> >
> > I'm trying to use this usb wifi adapter. It is based on a Ralink RT2500
> > chipset and should thus be useable with the ural-device according to "man
> > ural" (actually it speaks of the Hercules HWGUSB2-54, without the "V2").
> >
> > The problem is that I only get a detection in dmesg like this :
> > ugen0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
> > and that I don't get a "ural0" device.
> >
> > All the devices needed according to man ural are in the kernel too.
> >
> > How can I get this wifi adapter working ?
>
> Try adding a macro for the correct device ID to
> /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs. In this file it is listed as GUILLEMOT
> instead of Hercules, though.
>
> You should be able to see the device-id with 'usbdevs -v'. You're
> looking for the first hexadecimal number (preceded by 0x). The second
> one is the vendor, and should be 0x06F8.
>
> Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs:
> product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254 0xe000 HWGUSB2-54 WLAN
>
> Then add
>
> product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254V2 0x???? HWGUSB2-54-V2 WLAN
>
> Replace the ???? by the correct device ID. :-)
>
> Add it to the usb_devno ural_devs array in
> /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c, and rebuild your kernel.
>
> Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c
> { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT, USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254 },
>
> Then add
> { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT, USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254V2
> },
>
> Rebuild and install your kernel, reboot and try again.
>
> Roland
Roland,
Your explanation worked, thanks !
bsdaddict# dmesg -a | grep ural
ural0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
ural0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x00), RF unknown
ural0: Ethernet address: 00:08:d3:08:31:fd
ural0: if_start running deferred for Giant
ural0: timeout waiting for BBP/RF to wakeup
bsdaddict#
BTW, the device id is 0x010 for this usb adapter.
--
Beni.
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