From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 10 02:42:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A0DCA0; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 02:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8263F1D34; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 02:42:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=iTk5TkU5W7YeqzSCc+JR4fcDQ0Nyk0y24Yqn5uvUlms=; b=Oxb4WCXhB4zb+Xwxa2XSbyCoiQhswtRZoSU5AlMw2JFGCXmV8VZFqBWb3S1J6hSsbtVyzb3xmNNAoOhm1Fe4IhitVxBr07GrP0sTQCd+QoIxQ7UK1Piv9bYqoFHRDnP1frlGtyMPb0fb+L7nz8DoL3RpI8Unn7qB7NUm4PchH9A=; Received: from [182.7.54.108] (port=55682 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1UwkMD-003nss-Ah; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:42:18 -0600 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:42:08 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Jack Wilborn Subject: Re: I want to buy a wireless card Message-ID: <20130710104208.2ef72fdd@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" , freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 02:42:19 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:38:36 -0700 Jack Wilborn wrote: > I would like to hear how you do with addition of a wifi USB dongle. > You have happened to pick one of the hardest items to get working in > Linux. Seems most of the wifi cards are proprietary in nature so you > can't get the firmware to make them operate. You need to look at the > newest and see if they are on the Debian list of supported devices. > I have one of them that is a PCI card that is supported, if you like > I'll dig up the number from TP-Link. But it's not a USB it's a PCI. > I can't think if I have a USB one around or not, seems like I could > never get the firmware to operate it properly. So that why I'm > interested in if you make it operate properly and completely. It was > my first problem with Linux and is still around even though I've > learned to look up what they support or not, but I don't know how to > really do it for the smaller embedded CPU's. > > Will be listening. > where should be the problem? Just check with man what the drivers support. His problem might be ARM. But loading the firmware via ARM should not be that different. Erich > Jack > > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Ganbold Tsagaankhuu > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:08 PM, XiaoQI Ge wrote: > > > > > I want to buy a wireless card, users CubieBoard (ARM) Internet > > > connection > > > > > > I want to buy a wireless card, but if_rum seems only say that they > > support > > > WN321G, do not know or not to support [WN321G +] The wireless > > > network > > card, > > > http://www.tp-link.com.cn/product_28.html > > > > > > === > > > Or is there a cheaper USB wireless network adapter recommend it? > > > > > > > > > I have Ralink based usb wifi (WLI-UC-GNM) like > > > > http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220m.1000858.1000725.15.3wfRJm&id=9672376 > > > > 635&user_id=667433668&is_b=1&cat_id=2&q=buffalo+usb&rn=827b20043c8cb505bf428bbc > > 70d5a4c8 > > > > if_run in head should support it if I'm not mistaken and good thing > > is it supports AP mode. > > But I didn't test it yet on Cubieboard. > > > > Ganbold > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > === > > > Regards. > > > By: XiaoQI Ge; PGP:8B09D5F7 > > > WWW: https://www.7axu.com/ > > > Gtalk/E-Mail :ghw@7axu.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"