Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 06:54:12 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RALINK RT3572 supported in 9.1-RELEASE ? Message-ID: <20130525065412.2c0e2f73@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <18665.1369476708@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <18665.1369476708@server1.tristatelogic.com>
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 03:11:48 -0700 Ronald F. Guilmette articulated: > > I have a Trendnet TEW-684UB wireless dual-band USB adapter. Googling > around for awhile leads me to believe that this probably contains an > Ralink RT3572 chipset. > > Further googling also leads me to believe that a version of the > run(4) driver which should support this chipset was comitted some > considerable time ago. > > Can anyone confirm either or both of these two impressions? Does > the TEW-684UB contain an Ralink RT3572? Is support for that chipset > present in 9.1-RELEASE? > > If the answer to both of the above is "yes", then where might I find > a "HOW TO" sort of doc which might help me to get this running? I've > already added the following lines to /boot/loader.conf and rebooted: > > if_run_load="YES" > runfw_load="YES" > > but apparently to no avail. > > After adding the above two lines to loader.conf and rebooting, > shouldn't the device thenceforth appear in the output of "ifconfig > -a" ? (Mine does not.) Seriously, it took me three seconds to go to the TRENDnet page and discover that it uses the RT3573 chip set. <http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TRENDnet_TEW-684UB>; I will leave discovering if the run(4) driver supports it as a lesson for the student. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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