From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 14:30:40 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 AA60F1065672 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2F08FC0A for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:30:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws11 with SMTP id 11so3563699vws.13 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:30:39 -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:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wb2VurL1PzKYp2MGp3Yvc9KcKar/h0Ypjxmm0MYnn3M=; b=qJN5DwvOuHodMb3U3W9B1RVjWnBAF3XqzhcGj6qjDzA9RNgakaL4TdD5bxqH8WYJUI hcFEhnOgYPDcOzGJP1HgJmSwFP2/cwfLB7dvq5Hw/M9uqbx3tyqdnhAdIxUO0kQ7FKql yXstfWbovJpwMa76Qzh2ldE49csqzSxmRkWeQ= Received: by 10.52.95.34 with SMTP id dh2mr13298236vdb.12.1320935439471; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:30:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from schism.local (75-146-225-65-Philadelphia.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [75.146.225.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bu10sm12416067vdb.3.2011.11.10.06.30.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:30:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EBBE00B.1090203@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:30:35 -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: Hans Petter Selasky References: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com> <201111100938.39891.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <201111100938.39891.hselasky@c2i.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 14:30:40 -0000 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: 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