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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > Stephen Nadas Ericsson IPI > nadas@torrentnet.com 920 Main Campus Dr. > Voice: +1-919-472-9935 Fax: x/9999 Suite 500 > Mobile: +1-919-522-0991 ECN: 802 29935 Raleigh, NC 27606 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Richard A Childers/KG6HAC -- Senor UNIX System & Network Administrator "Dont forget nothing." Maj Rogers, standing orders, 1st Ranger Bn, 1759 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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