From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 14:34:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB5816A4DD for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:34:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com) Received: from web81614.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81614.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C958043D86 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:34:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 6382 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jul 2006 14:34:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=H0C4gDXK31QF8fXS79WjPX37//n5wC33zGUkstoh1JLhKnk/uE3w073X9v49TQm56NtGd7kvbhprKSDnSl6XzYaExGxxFcsqQ5JetcLbxXyDw3o1cp++j7VOBT6wef3cvhtTbQf0s0Ddm9hD5pPjWMRVx1yrfefzo9vyIYa3fFs= ; Message-ID: <20060711143417.6377.qmail@web81614.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [63.240.228.37] by web81614.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:17 PDT Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:34:17 -0700 (PDT) From: To: Brian Henning , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1f75ab0e0607110655u5bbe507fx5331a05d7ef91a6c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: DWL-650 Revision M X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:34:43 -0000 --- Brian Henning wrote: > Hello All, > > If someone could help me out that would be great. I > currently own a wireless > card Dlink (DWL-650 Revision M) and I am not able to > get FreeBSD 6.1 to load > the wi driver. I perused the wi man pages and found > that the D-Link DWL-650 > is on the list of supported cards. I question > whether or not this includes > all revisions of the DWL-650. > > Can someone please confirm that the DWL-650 Revision > M is or is NOT > supported? > > Maybe I need to purchase a new wireless card that > will be supported. > Is this perhaps the best way to go at the point? > > Thanks, > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I believe this is the WiFi card I have. The SuperMMimo or whatever extension 108Mbps throughput and all that good stuff... Use the Windows XP driver file and inf and use the NDIS emulation driver builder to generate a kernel module for that card. I know this makes the driver, I have not verified that I can connect yet with it, but I have heard this is the best way to do it. I know it tells me a file is missing /compat/ndis/Reg?????? something or other. I have not looked into the man pages for this file but I would have to guess it is just a registry layer for tweaking the driver. However the module loads without errors and ifconfig says the device is detected, and all the lights on the card start blinking. I just have a nasty WPA key that I've been too lazy to copy from my Windows partition to verify that everything is indeed working (and I refuse to leave my connection insecure even for a second or three.) Also haven't had time to address the missing Registry compat file. This assumes your are using Rel_6 (which you are, if one can read one has a fortune...) I know there is a nice simple script file that does all the work for you, the name just escapes me but the ndis manpage is a great place to start. good luck -brian