Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:09:38 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PRO 3945ABG Wireless Message-ID: <9476505F959C119216F6FF6D@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> In-Reply-To: <200610100433.53511.max@love2party.net> References: <C59FC984C46D83A90D0BC287@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <200610100433.53511.max@love2party.net>
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--==========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 <max@love2party.net>=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 - >> <http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ipw-freebsd.html>; - 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==========--
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