Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:26:33 -0600 From: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card Message-ID: <4B5BCBF9.2050109@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <20100124040551.GA12664@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> References: <4B5BC60A.5040101@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <20100124040551.GA12664@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 1/23/2010 10:05 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: >> This is probably the wrong place to ask, and if it is I ask your >> forgiveness. >> > > Nope, this is the right place. Awesome >> I'm browsing the FTP server for FreeBSD-8.0 packages[0] and am looking >> for drivers for my winWiFi card (zonenet, unsure of chipset currently) >> and realized, I'm not sure what package I would need for that. I didn't >> set up eth0 (wired NIC, realtek) as that would mean lugging my box >> halfway across the house into a room with no room in it for me and my >> box. I figured I could just set my wireless card up after install, not >> thinking I wouldn't have a clue as to what I'm doing. >> > > That is the wrong place. :) Which is OK. At least I only downloaded a dozen files. ;) > > What is listed with ifconfig(8)? That will help determine the driver (if > it is supported). (this is all typed out so please excuse typos) #ifconfig rl0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> ether 00:40:ca:35:6c:09 media: ethernet autoselect status: no carrier plip0: flags=8810<POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 [I am absolutely sure that percent sign is correct] inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 Should I assume that rl0 is the wireless? I'm not sure what plip0 is and I know lo0 is my wired nic. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLW8wAAAoJEENZQ8DH7rW0A+UH/0oekTWtElqghfChD0dKA2R3 QsvzFwbiFjuR1AQ5/pUA0nPlXziBvqrs80CX0+5Q41Cj9mEonAlfVuzUAsf0YZUa Gb4+RQRFCGIV/GbF1O53J8x/h4Nsd/tgaNsgEoLTrVOXhoTHrUD2SKKQ3VwzT8BK 9vZsUxbgE3NoLSyFDIwyXb55CFAb1MDzrlutMS57yzXaFuHmW/SHr5SahtMJRR7S zqcVOKD38m3+oxnB8LkfCd05RACHxH1khtmfFYRLsBq19ysfsDzSvJn97bQq4YBz H2F5r3qxgTEAtAEUkd9in3fgZZo01jmXVb1AEB8ESj4hBxet3YLk3ik9FDYUTSc= =qFtZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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