From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 04:59:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9281D1065675 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 264C38FC08 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m34so1238014wag.27 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:59:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:to:cc:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:organization :x-operation-sytem:from; bh=fQTdQ6XtZ3drKr65XBWmqDDyVZ2FqwBHRPR+GxQUHVk=; b=ROGLXNDWf8J++V6NX7lg5hGRD8DOUcIHdG6B4A6PwjX6rmgC/HX9DbKUw7zluO5aou rkMoT+H2SfkDrcKZJBb7VjGwrVRiWrlPyjc6KmB/AKZVHrhI9IRA4NOCFA/FqzOAGKBr 9vRFvPKC3oPA/aJ7ADtt19809j+VIta84ttDQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:organization:x-operation-sytem:from; b=SklKV8Pv9b+FudkY5GnarNCnRyjcdKMpSh18SHzYJo5ExBto+wn20tmLEt6nW7IEL0 qfGMNss5fnu683TROqBnxzKZA2Mu/Qf8WDTKG513pXqikughOYItMe/RiKg+2mMxLFrV dh6SgzxhGC3Tq7lWJGakH5NnwXXot7824VbrM= Received: by 10.114.176.1 with SMTP id y1mr2245877wae.49.1226896596115; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:36:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebsd.weongyo.org ([211.53.35.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t1sm5954198poh.2.2008.11.16.20.36.33 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:36:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by freebsd.weongyo.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:36:50 +0900 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:36:50 +0900 To: Kayven Riese Message-ID: <20081117043650.GF61939@freebsd.weongyo.org> Mail-Followup-To: Kayven Riese , "Paul B. Mahol" , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <28b9b4180811160018q2823d7fap90b546ba444f191d@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750811160335y6867d362k93a525774bc3667@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3a142e750811160335y6867d362k93a525774bc3667@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: CDNetworks. X-Operation-Sytem: FreeBSD From: Weongyo Jeong Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Paul B. Mahol" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: driver support for Belkin F5D7050 v 5xxx ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:59:58 -0000 On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:35:23PM +0100, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 11/16/08, Kayven Riese wrote: > > I just purchased a wireless connection device that connects to my ASUS > > M6800N laptop dual > > booting Vista and > > > > KV_BSD# uname -a > > FreeBSD KV_BSD 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC > > 2008 root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > KV_BSD# > > > > via USB. > > > > While booting on Vista, connection was fine. I investigated my man pages > > for Belkin modles in > > the interfaces: > > V_BSD# man an | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# man awi | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# man ipw | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# set -o vi > > KV_BSD# man iwi | grep Belkin > > KV_BSD# man ral | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7000 v3 RT2560 PCI > > Belkin F5D7010 v2 RT2560 CardBus > > KV_BSD# man rum | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7050 ver 3 USB > > Belkin F5D9050 ver 3 USB > > KV_BSD# man ural | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7050 v2000 USB > > KV_BSD# man wi | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D6000 (a rebadged WL11000P) > > KV_BSD# man zyd | grep Belkin > > Belkin F5D7050 v.4000 > > KV_BSD# > > > > and found some websites that made me compare a serial number that I > > correlated to some > > information on the Belkin website and came to the conclusion that my device > > is a newer > > version than appears in the above list because of this information: > > > > K7SF5D7050E corresponds to version 5xxx > > > > That serial number is written on the device. > > > > There were no unfamiliar results of ifconfig: > > > > > > > > KV_BSD# ifconfig > > bge0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=9b > > ether 00:11:d8:22:c9:91 > > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > > status: active > > fwe0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=8 > > ether 02:e0:18:26:4c:e9 > > ch 1 dma -1 > > fwip0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 > > lladdr 0.e0.18.0.3.26.4c.e9.a.2.ff.fe.0.0.0.0 > > plip0: flags=108810 metric 0 mtu > > 1500 > > lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > KV_BSD# > > > > I attempted to use the ndisgen utility with the driver disk mounted on > > "/mnt/drive" > > > > Currently ndis on freebsd doesnt support usb cards at all. > There is patch available for CURRENT that is considered experimental and > make possible to use ndis on FreeBSD with usb cards. I'd try to commit NDIS USB support soon (maybe before releasing 8.0 :-)) if there are no objections but I don't know whether it should be based on USB1, USB2 or both. regards, Weongy Jeong