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Date:      Wed, 31 May 2006 21:50:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:      doug <doug@fledge.watson.org>
To:        Atanas Atanasov <thenasko@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with wireless card drivers
Message-ID:  <20060531213231.T9892@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <ab7676e40605311343m6310f25cs@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <000801c68312$4d2e5590$0201a8c0@AMD1700> <200605290912.49807.mark@msen.com> <ab7676e40605291008l43bfa8cdo@mail.gmail.com> <007301c684b0$4537c070$0201a8c0@AMD1700> <ab7676e40605311342l382a1b2dv@mail.gmail.com> <ab7676e40605311343m6310f25cs@mail.gmail.com>

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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
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