Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:22:30 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: Wouter vanderPloeg <wouter1955@gmail.com>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Network / WPA / ipw Message-ID: <20070205192230.GA91618@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20070205143349.GB17359@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <b9f8ca1d0702041412m668cde54ha15ee02745e4b7f7@mail.gmail.com> <20070205143349.GB17359@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:33:49AM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote: > +----[ Wouter vanderPloeg <wouter1955@gmail.com> (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
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