Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:51:09 -0600 From: Damian Wiest <dwiest@vailsys.com> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Laptop Wireless Message-ID: <20061111005109.GE25030@dfwdamian.vail> In-Reply-To: <454E09CF.70909@comcast.net> References: <454E09CF.70909@comcast.net>
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On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 07:57:03AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > Would someone point me in the right direction here. I have an old > Compaq Presario 1692 that my sister-in-law gave to me after she > upgraded. I installed FreeBSD 6.1 and everything is working fine. > However, the laptop also came with a Belkin Wireless G (F5D7011) > notebook card, and I would like to learn how to install the appropriate > drivers for the card to work. I am new to FreeBSD, and have glanced at > the Handbook section dealing with wireless. It's a little daunting at > this time, and I haven't yet been able to make sense out of it with > respect to this laptop and wireless card. Any help in making the > process understandable would be much appreciated. > > Rem Can you post the dmesg? Assuming that particular device has a working driver, you can probably use ifconfig for most of the wireless settings. -Damian
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