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Date:      Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:32:45 -0800
From:      richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net>
To:        nadas@torrentnet.com
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, mraught@acm.org, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Belkin wireless support
Message-ID:  <3DC1A17D.31A180F9@pacbell.net>
References:  <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net> <3DC135F9.23766.1A08D18@localhost>

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It would not surprise me to learn that the Belkin card has a chipset that is
already supported, and it just hasn't been added to the pccard.conf.

Could someone who has a working Belkin PCMCIA card post their entry for use by
others?

A terse 'It works' doesn't help anyone.


-- richard

nadas@torrentnet.com wrote:

> hi warner,
>
> hmmm.  i can report that the belkin works for me in its pci-pcmcia card in a
> 4.6 stable system.  the pcmcia card seemed to behave the same as my other card
> in a laptop, but i lack the necessary infrastructure to actually test that
> setup. i did have to clone the smc pccard entry and put in the belkin strings.
>
> -steve
>
> On 30 Oct 2002 at 21:56, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>
> > In message: <3DC055C8.4C8A668@pacbell.net>
> >             richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> writes:
> > : Summary: no, Belkins don't work under FreeBSD.
> >
> > Yes, they do, at least not in the PCMCIA<->PCI adapter.  I've used
> > these in 'connectathons' in the past.
> >
> > : Caveat: Belkin's PCI<->PCMCIA converters *do* have a chipset that is
> > : recognized by FreeBSD, and it mistakenly thinks it's found a card, but it :
> > hasn't and it doesn't work.
> >
> > When I tested it, it worked for me.  Maybe I should go to office-max
> > and find out why it doesn't work for you.
> >
> > Warner
> >
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>
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