Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:30:35 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netgear WNA1000N USB wlan device Message-ID: <4EBBE00B.1090203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201111100938.39891.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com> <201111100938.39891.hselasky@c2i.net>
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On 11/10/11 3:38 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > 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? > Hi, Of course. Here is the device dump: # usbconfig -d ugen2.5 dump_info ugen2.5: <product 0x9041 vendor 0x0846> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON Searching for "vendor 0x0846 product 0x9041" seems to give many of the same results. Is there anything in particular I can add to the search that would be helpful? Thanks for the response. Glen -- Glen Barber
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