From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 10 03:09:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB3E16A403 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:09:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (webmail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23B6B43D55 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:09:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (adsl-68-93-62-100.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [68.93.62.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33B8114307 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:11:34 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:09:38 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9476505F959C119216F6FF6D@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <200610100433.53511.max@love2party.net> References: <200610100433.53511.max@love2party.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.5 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========7F75582F812E67B3F98B==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Intel PRO 3945ABG Wireless X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:09:43 -0000 --==========7F75582F812E67B3F98B========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On October 10, 2006 4:33:35 AM +0200 Max Laier =20 wrote: > On Tuesday 10 October 2006 04:12, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> I've been trying to get this to work on my laptop without success. >> According to this page - >> - the ipw driver >> should work. I can load the driver, but it doesn't show up in dmesg. > > You are mistaken, I'm afraid. This has been discussed a couple of time > already. The ipw(4) driver supports the now already quite dated 2100bg > cards. Support for the new 3945abg is not available - other than > ndis(4) and I don't know if that works or not. OpenBSD has a driver by > the name of wpi(4). This is probably the point to start from if you > were to write a FreeBSD one. > I guess I'm screwed them. I tried to create a module using ndisgen, but=20 when I try to load the module, it crashes the system and forces a complete = restart. I'm afraid I don't have the skills to write a device driver. Thanks for the info. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========7F75582F812E67B3F98B==========--