Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:38:39 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netgear WNA1000N USB wlan device Message-ID: <201111100938.39891.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com> References: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com>
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On Thursday 10 November 2011 06:56:23 Glen Barber wrote: > 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 Hi, Could you dump the device descriptor using usbconfig and Google the .idVendor and .idProduct values? --HPS
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