From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 8 12:49:37 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 3301416A4E1 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:49:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@fosburgh.org) Received: from pop-borzoi.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-borzoi.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCD143D53 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:49:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonathan@fosburgh.org) Received: from user-0cet6cl.cable.mindspring.com ([24.238.153.149] helo=asgard.fosburgh.org) by pop-borzoi.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1GAR1b-000503-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:49:35 -0400 Received: by asgard.fosburgh.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8530346; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:51:02 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on asgard.fosburgh.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.8 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from jef-nt.mdacc.tmc.edu (jef-nt.mdacc.tmc.edu [143.111.32.188]) by asgard.fosburgh.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C34142 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:50:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Fosburgh To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:49:20 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060807183524.55270.qmail@web35303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060807183524.55270.qmail@web35303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200608080749.20803.jonathan@fosburgh.org> Subject: Re: FYI: USB wireless on FreeBSD 6.1 Release via ural driver 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: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:49:37 -0000 --nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 07 August 2006 13:35, Andrew Gould wrote: > Given the occasional question regarding wireless > adapters on this list, and that I didn't see this in > the hardware notes, I thought I'd post a message: > > The D-Link DWL-G122 version B1 is compatible with > FreeBSD 6.1 Release on the i386 architecture. This is > a USB, 802.11g adapter. Please note that the hardware > version number is important as some manufacturers like > to change chipsets without changing model numbers. > > This adapter uses the ural driver. When I plugged the > adapter into the USB port, it was identified correctly > as ural0. Network configuration using ifconfig was > standard, except that the wlan_wep module had to be > loaded manually before the adapter could be configured > with a WEP code. > > You can find a list of compatible, adapters in the > ural man page. Remember to pay close attention to > hardware version numbers. > =46YI, when I get around to it, I will be submitting patches to usbdevs to= =20 support the Nova Tech NV902W Unwire USB 802.11b/g adapter. It also uses th= e=20 ural driver and works great with two caveats. One is that (along with all= =20 ural NICs, it seems) is unstable with wpa so I had to go back to wep. The= =20 other caveat is that the link light does not come on, but it does when run= =20 under Windows. The activity light does work. I get good signal, either fu= ll=20 speed or down to 48mbps. =2D-=20 Jonathan Fosburgh AIX and Storage Administrator UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX --nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE2IhQqUvQmqp7omYRAvL/AJ45UAfzMuLYp5v7gdkAZ2ybyKXn+ACgglL2 Zo99GltpTS0blVBVRCdHA9U= =TE39 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF--