From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 06:19:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE3611065740 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:19:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93478FC15 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:19:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfo14 with SMTP id fo14so3043654vcb.13 for ; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:19:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rpjGdJNHZao4r7VdQKn9Y0WHbiOxKypNsHKvI4WOoIw=; b=wm6Q13aUgcKBp78bvEPqMPDuOT/bYc0NJk8USR02C4zrQ5UDa/3d6DJ8Y6WuMUbCjZ mYDm9sYCiiR1aLW6CqEl6W0IP8R5B/9CfVWZPKWhls8zYow4kGGFCggKEH+BimYpJsSb ovbZ3TBUgDR3VCGh6XuVI8o7BI8bHb6V0rLwU= Received: by 10.52.35.75 with SMTP id f11mr10381138vdj.18.1320904585287; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from schism.local (c-76-124-49-145.hsd1.pa.comcast.net. [76.124.49.145]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bu10sm10810116vdb.3.2011.11.09.21.56.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:56:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:56:23 -0500 From: Glen Barber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Netgear WNA1000N USB wlan device X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:19:35 -0000 Hi, Netgear has these neat little USB micro wireless network adapters[1] that one could plug in and forget about without fear of, for example, breaking the device. Said devices are really nice for those of us without supported integrated wireless chipsets, such as those found in late 2010 MacBooks, or anything manufactured by Dell recently... The only problem is that the device itself is not supported. The device appears to have a RealTek RTL8188CUS chipset (vendor 0846, device 9041), which, without knowing much more about the device, I suspect could work with the urtw(4) driver. However, my feeble attempts at simulating support for the device ended, well, as expected. :) Is someone out there interested in undertaking the task of tweaking the driver code (if it's feasible in this case, of course) to get this device supported? I suspect more people than just me would be greatly appreciative of support for it. :) Thanks, Glen [1] - http://www.totobay.com/netgear-wna-1000-n-150m-wireless-usb-adapter_p29987.html -- Glen Barber