Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:35:11 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> Cc: "E. J. Cerejo" <ejc64@earthlink.net>, FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI Wireless Card? Message-ID: <20061024123511.0cf88bac@localhost> In-Reply-To: <453CB364.7060607@401.cx> References: <000c01c6f61b$66ff8710$2b01a8c0@home9ccad298d7> <20061023092727.4f5fc8dd@localhost> <453CB364.7060607@401.cx>
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:19:48 +0200
"Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> wrote:
> >> I'm looking to buy a PCI Wireless Card for my computer, I'm running FBSD
> >> 6.1 release, from what I understand there are only two drivers ath and wi
> >
> > what about ralink ? man 4 ral
> >
> > i'm sure there are other wireless drivers available in src...
>
> I have a card using the ral driver, but it has been far from stable.
> I've experienced various problems the last few releases, and after
> upgrading to 6.2-PRERELEASE, any attempt to run ifconfig on this
> card gives a kernel panic. I've not done any serious attempts at
> troubleshooting this since I don't really need the card. I believe
> the card was branded Bay Networks something something, I could check
> that up if anyone wants to know.
interesting. I have a usb-wireless ural from Gygabyte - works a treat, much
better than under linux. I assumed all the *ral where similar .
B
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