Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:25:13 +0200 From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" <Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> To: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question about Wireless USB Adapter Message-ID: <200409031225.13047.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> In-Reply-To: <20040902231435.C78013@unsane.co.uk> References: <BAY1-F26AM17LzNUzUF0006a3b1@hotmail.com> <200409021134.10147.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> <20040902231435.C78013@unsane.co.uk>
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On Friday 03 September 2004 00:21, Vince Hoffman wrote: > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote: > > On Thursday 02 September 2004 05:53, Will Lieu wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I was just wondering if FreeBSD is going/does it support the > > > following Wireless USB Adapter: Netgear MA111. If not do you know > > > where I can get the drivers for this? I've searched around around and > > > seemed to come up empty. Your reply would be greatly appreciated. > > > > As far as I could find, your device is based on the Prism-2 chipset. > > Linux claims to support the device with the wlan-ng driver, but as far as > > I know, FreeBSD doesn't have support for it (at this moment). > > from man wi > > The wi driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around > the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II, Intersil PRISM-2.5, Intersil > Prism-3, and Symbol Spectrum24 chipsets. All five chipsets provide a > similar interface to the driver. > > however i have no idea if this includes USB adapters, Nope. At this moment it doesn't. > the only usb > wireless driver i came across (or ever looked for for that matter) for > Freebsd was for Atmel based USB WLAN adapters > http://vitsch.net/bsd/atuwi/ > it seemed to work quite well when i tried it. I wrote it :) I have a Prism-II USB WLAN adapter here at home, I just haven't had the time (yet) to look at it. Before I look at it I first want the atuwi driver to be in a "more finished" state.. At this moment I think the atuwi driver is the only USB WLAN driver for FreeBSD. All adapters based on other chipset are unsupported at this moment. grtz, Daanhome | help
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