From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 14:22:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D47A9106566B for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:22:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Received: from mail.beastielabs.net (beasties.demon.nl [82.161.3.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55EE38FC16 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merom.hotsoft.nl (merom.hotsoft.nl [192.168.0.12]) by mail.beastielabs.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0JE2rfR075730; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:02:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hans@beastielabs.net) Message-ID: <4F18228D.7030403@beastielabs.net> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:02:53 +0100 From: Hans Ottevanger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111224 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pancakeking79@gmail.com References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NetGear WG511T and WPA support on FreeBSD 8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:22:03 -0000 On 01/13/12 22:17, _ wrote: > Hi, > > Since I've run into problems getting an ndisgen generated driver for my > Realtek RTL8185 54M to work on > my FreeBSD 8.2 (i386) system - kldload on the driver generates a permanent > kernel crash-, I am currently > thinking about buying the NetGear WG511T PCMCIA bus driven card. > > I would like to ask if there are any users on this list that make use of > this card and that can confirm whether > or not this cards works fine alongside with WPA/WPA2 on 8.2 or 9.0 if I > decide to upgrade? > > I am aware of the supported hardware list. The card in discussion is not > listed as supported. > However, this could still be the case, since I read in an older 7.0 related > thread > http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=1424 that it did work, at > least at one point in time. > > > Thanks > Hi, Maybe a bit late to react, but I have been traveling lately ... I have two WPA511T adapters (slightly different from the WG511T you refer to). I used them intensively for years in a pair of antique Toshiba laptops and they have actually always worked (since 6.x, I believe) without any issues and they still do with a recent 8.2-STABLE. I use wpa_supplicant, mostly with WPA2. It is recognized as follows: ath0: mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 10 at device 0.0 on cardbus1 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5 Of course there could still be PCMCIA issues on a different laptop, but since the WG511T also has an Atheros 5212 chipset and Atheros chipsets for 802.11g have excellent support in FreeBSD, I would expect it to work, even with a GENERIC kernel. Kind regards, Hans Ottevanger