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From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>
Subject: Re: wifi ath
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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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