From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 19:22:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7595B16A40A for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:22:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (bgn92-3-82-227-222-164.fbx.proxad.net [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7757A13C4AA for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 19:22:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l15JMXn4091639; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:22:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id l15JMUkE091638; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:22:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:22:30 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Fernan Aguero Message-ID: <20070205192230.GA91618@abigail.blackend.org> References: <20070205143349.GB17359@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20070205143349.GB17359@iib.unsam.edu.ar> X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Wouter vanderPloeg , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Network / WPA / ipw X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:22:41 -0000 On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:33:49AM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote: > +----[ Wouter vanderPloeg (04.Feb.2007 19:44): > | > | regarding: > | > | http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/article.html > > Hi [ me jumping into the discussion ] > > great article! it's a very welcome addition to the doc set. > > I've been hesitating to install FreeBSD on my laptop cause > I never found good enough documentation on how to set up > the wireless card or if it would work at all ... now I'm > closer to wanting to try it out! > > One thing that I (a newcomer to the wifi world) would look > for in the article is if my card is supported. I read that > "The most commonly used devices are those that use parts > made by Atheros." And an example about how to set up an > atheros driver follows. But what about other cards? Only the > "devices based on the Intersil Prism parts" are mentioned > other than the Atheros based ones. > > I'm not asking to include one such example for every > other wireless card/driver. But perhaps a link to another > web page containing a reference of hardware that is > supported (and by which driver) or a pointer to a the > GENERIC kernel config or some other fake kernel config that > is more documented? > Please, read the "official" and supported doc: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html which states: "A list of available wireless drivers can be found at the beginning of the wlan(4) manual page. If a native FreeBSD driver for your wireless device does not exist, it may be possible to directly use the Windows® driver with the help of the NDIS driver wrapper." and which describes what need to be added to loader.conf and/or to the kernel config file, etc. > [snipped] > > | > +----] > > Mmm, so Wouter is talking about an ipw2100 on FreeBSD ... > what device driver are you building into your kernel? > > Where can I find more information about support for Intel > Pro Wireless cards in FreeBSD (for example the IPW 3945 > abg)? > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipw&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE -- Marc