Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:29:27 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: "Don Hinton" <hintonda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> Subject: Re: cheap (supported) wifi card Message-ID: <539c60b90708201229n1b8ee199k7496925cbb1e61d9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <18116.38566.699817.525560@localhost.my.domain> References: <18107.29558.834358.66922@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <46BC5B1F.7030208@crackmonkey.us> <18116.38566.699817.525560@localhost.my.domain>
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Don, I notice a earlier poster mentioned > > work very well with ndisgen. I think you've been misled. That means you have to go thru several manual steps to smash the windows drivers into something freebsd can use. Ugly, in my opinion. If you want it to work 'out of the box', go back and buy a card with a prisim/orinoco or atheros chipset. If you want to make your existing dongle work, look for ndisgen in the handbook in the 'wireless networking' section. Steve On 8/16/07, Don Hinton <hintonda@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Adam: > > Adam J Richardson writes: > > Don Hinton wrote: > > > Could someone recommend a good (and > > > cheap) one that's includes a/b/g*/n and is supported, either natively > > > or via ndis? > > > > Hi Don, > > > > I can heartily recommend any card based on the TNET1130 chipset. They > > work very well with ndisgen. Examples include the Add-on Tech GWP-100 > > and the Belkin F5D7 series, such as the F5D7051 USB key or the F5D7000 > > cardbus card. They're all cheap. They do "a", "b" and "g". I'm not sure > > about "n", though. > > I picked up a Belkin F5D7050, but can seem to figure out how to get it > to work. I'm obviously missing something. > > $ dmesg > <snip> > ugen0: <Belkin USB2.0 WLAN, class 255/255, rev 2.00/48.10, addr 2> on uhub6 > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD localhost 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #5: Mon Aug 13 16:23:35 UTC 2007 root@localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HP_SMP i386 > > I've compiled the following in my kernel, per man ural: > > device wlan # 802.11 support > device wlan_amrr # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm > device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface > device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface > device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0) > device usb # USB Bus (required) > device ural # Ralink Technology RT2500USB wireless NICs > > But don't see a ural device getting created. It's hard to tell from > the package, but I suspect it's a version problem. There's a small > sticker on the bottom of the box that has "00173FAFD030 ver. 4000" > printed on it. But the part number just says FD7050. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > thanks... > don > -- > Don Hinton <hintonda at gmail dot com> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089
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