Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:16:02 -0600 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Any idea if a Linksys WUSB54GR will work to replace the internal Atheros 5424/2424 doesn't Message-ID: <20080103131602.20881uzmb8ubsw4k@intranet.encontacto.net>
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I am looking to substitute the Atheros 5424/2424 with a linksys WUSB54GR. http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=3DL_Product_C2&childpagename=3DUS= %2FLayout&cid=3D1138744112240&pagename=3DLinksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&l= id=3D1224039789B13 Any idea if it will work on the following laptop? Of course if you =20 have an idea for getting the internal wireless to work it would be =20 great too. Thanks, ed On an Acer 5520/5679 laptop, I don't see a way to get wireless =20 working. I'm running: 8.0-CURRENT-200712 FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT-200712 #0: Sun Dec 30 11:33:37 CST 20= 07 The dmesg shows it detected but can't attach: ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xf2200000-0xf220ffff irq 19 at device =20 0.0 on pci5 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 pciconf -lv shows: ath0@pci0:5:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x04281468 chip=3D0x001c168c= =20 rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device =3D 'AR5006 family 802.11abg Wireless NIC' class =3D network subclass =3D ethernet Is there something else that I can do? If you can confirm that this =20 isn=B4t supported,If anyone knows of a list of 802.11 usb solutions that =20 work with amd64 would also be appreciated. Thanks for any help, ed
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