From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 19:31:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9C4FD8B for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:31:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A54DE3AFB for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:31:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XKuYC-0007hX-NA for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:31:04 +0200 Received: from pool-173-79-82-127.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.82.127]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:31:04 +0200 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-82-127.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:31:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Subject: Re: how to install wireless n.i.c. on FreeBSD 9.1 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:30:46 -0400 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-82-127.washdc.fios.verizon.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:32:00 -0000 leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net wrote: > > > Good morning, dear FreeBSD enthusiasts. I am attempting to install a > wireless network interface circuit on a computer running FreeBSD 9.1. I > have read the very thorough instructions written by Messrs. Marc > Fonvielle and Murray Stokely in the currently posted Chapter 30 of the > FreeBSD Handbook. I did not find in that chapter a specification of the > version or versions of FreeBSD to which it applied. The circuit board is > manufactured by T-LInk, and uses an Atheros integrated circuit I have > followed as closely as possible those instuctions, to no avail. The > printed circuit board is located at slot 4. About it, dmesg.boot reads > only the following: pci40: at device 0.0 (no driver attached). > My interpretation of this message is that the operating system sees that > there is a circuit board in slot 4, and that it has something to do with > networking, and otherwise knows nothing about it. I have checked the > /dev directory, and find listed in it none of the driver files mentioned > in Chapter 30. I had expected to receive error messages for lines in the > configuration files calling for driver files that could not be located, > but the only error message generated was "SYNCDHCP not found." This line > does not occur in dmesg.boot, but in response to the command (I forgot > which command). How do I obtain and install the missing driver files? > Why does the fact that they are missing not generate error notices? Any > and all comments are appreciated. If these questions have already been > answered many times before, please do not flame me. Just let me know > where I should have looked for the answers. Thank you. Lee > I have essentially no experience with wifi in FreeBSD so I can't really help you directly except to suggest doing pciconf -lv and check to see if it will list specific hardware details about the wifi card. No need to post all the output, just the section pertaining to the wifi card will suffice. This info may assist others in determining if/how they may be able to help you. -Mike