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Date:      Sat, 25 May 2013 19:26:53 -0600
From:      PseudoCylon <moonlightakkiy@yahoo.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,  "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject:   Re: RALINK RT3572 supported in 9.1-RELEASE ?
Message-ID:  <CAFZ_MY%2BWDqgg0MviUyyB_Q0eaFhr_qG7JvEnuAC=8h0W964f1w@mail.gmail.com>

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> Message: 7
> 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>
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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.

RT3572 -> yes
RT3573 -> unlikely

What does
usbconfig -d N.N dump_device_desc
                      ^-- the same number from ugenN.N
say?


AK

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