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Date:      Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:34:57 +0200
From:      dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>
To:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: wifi ath
Message-ID:  <20060416153457.GA28758@lothlorien.nagual.st>
In-Reply-To: <44424E31.2000504@fastmail.fm>
References:  <20060416132552.GA28076@lothlorien.nagual.st> <44424E31.2000504@fastmail.fm>

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On 16 Apr Patrick Bowen wrote:
> dick hoogendijk wrote:
> 
> >Bought a WiFi D-Link with atheros chipset.
> >Any pitfalls?
> >What options exactly do I need to have my ath based wifi card up and
> >running?
> >
> Test the card with "kldload if_ath" as root, then ifconfig and dhcp,
> before you re-compile the kernel. If that works then you can just  add
> the modules at startup. Saves time recompiling.

True. Thanks for your suggestion.
On the other hand I will recompile non the less, because I will upgrade
from 6.0 to 6.1. So I will look at the messages from kldload to see what's
needed in the kernel ;-) ??

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