From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 15:47:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A671065677 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:47:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7FAC8FC1C for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so145188ywe.13 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:47:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=PLUlmxr/Zc2qRcnf7tyd3goQmCZstgq1/cDpx/DRq6o=; b=ADoTaR+6zGaVU+9ur35tiYWTtUQdgaFOW1NQc9PSxPXV0YbhDPVjmRvNWZ7vndvQtS mFtx9jpNpdT0nsoMJB+0iKSkjlF4E++U2GbxA7IF37YE+/ZFsG3g00oz5T+rKvqnqGEE qqkPa3g3mX49HC3xxbV/yBPTPbT/9LL1cAaVA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:references; b=hubLo2uQX7rZz817KqNMwxlvoQ/KymnK1Tmie/0ymiXKYkJi5Em0ggZgIIX5DXTQSJ YAb19P4VLmHS6dOacJbVKr8Yw0oFayLk/rU0XeQO8a8FVQe3hW5ig5v/D+Om6RjSA+l0 A2ghzdsd0mYk7fPI8rACHCBhXCJ06BwithE0w= Received: by 10.150.192.7 with SMTP id p7mr6068741ybf.91.1218901634892; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.229.11 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:47:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:47:14 +0100 From: "Chris Rees" To: "Warren Liddell" In-Reply-To: <200808111813.42060.shinjii@maydias.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200808111813.42060.shinjii@maydias.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless net Card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:47:16 -0000 2008/8/11 Warren Liddell : >> Which Belkin wireless card do you have? Which arch are you running >> (i386/amd64)? >> >> I had horrific trouble with a Belkin on the Realtek chipset, played up >> with Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Fedora, even Windows! >> >> Trouble with Belkin is, you never know what you're getting. You need >> the revision number of the card, and then find out which chipset it >> is. Make sure the drivers you downloaded are for that exact revision. >> >> Hope you have more luck than I did, I tossed mine and bought a Ralink. >> >> Chris > > AMD64 Arch & ironically it worked beautifully for ages in windows, but i got > sick of windows having been used to FreeBSD, so i re-installed FreeBSD an > using the onboard LAN card atm, but am wanting to goto wireless. > > > none1@pci0:3:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x700f1799 chip=0x700f1799 > rev=0x20 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Belkin Research and Development Labs' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > > Chipset is RT8185L an i used the ndisgen to create the .ko file, which is just > over 572kb in size. > > ironically the 8180 works fine, but naturally wont do my wireless card. > This card I have also had problems with. It appears to be an 8185, but nothing works with it. Even in Windows, unless you have the Belkin drivers, it won't work properly. I couldn't load the Windows driver with ndisgen either, and ndiswrapper in Linux doesn't work either, nor does the Realtek Linux driver. -- R< $&h ! > $- ! $+ $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > (sendmail.cf)