From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 1 01:50:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A209A16A53C for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 01:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F8543D46 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 01:50:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost.watson.org [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k511oP1i010355; Wed, 31 May 2006 21:50:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) with ESMTP id k511oOoL010352; Wed, 31 May 2006 21:50:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@fledge.watson.org) Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:50:24 -0400 (EDT) From: doug To: Atanas Atanasov In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060531213231.T9892@fledge.watson.org> References: <000801c68312$4d2e5590$0201a8c0@AMD1700> <200605290912.49807.mark@msen.com> <007301c684b0$4537c070$0201a8c0@AMD1700> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with wireless card drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:50:28 -0000 In 6.1 you do not need to recompile the kernel. You can load the drivers. kldstat will tell you what you have loaded. check 'man if_ndis' and/or the handbook for configuration setting, chipsets, etc. you can just do: cd /boot/kernel kldload wlan.ko kldload if_ndis.ko You may need the wep dirver if you are using encryption. After all that works, you can load by adding to /boot/loader.conf: if_ndis_load="YES" wlan_load="YES" This is just a guide. I have a thinkpad so I am not sure if the above is complete. In addition to the handbook and the man pages, you can find a lot of information via Google. Hope this helps. On Wed, 31 May 2006, Atanas Atanasov wrote: > I am quite new to FreeBSD. Could you please explain what do you mean > by "recompiled kernel to be sure that the wireless support is > included". Do you mean to create a kernel config with ndis and if_ndis > statically linked into it? I haven't done this one so far. > > Atanas > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >