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Date:      Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:16:48 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Afonso Miu <amiu@engin.umich.edu>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: WaveLan 
Message-ID:  <199811132116.NAA00332@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Nov 1998 14:39:41 EST." <Pine.HPX.4.02.9811131436460.6765-100000@almach.engin.umich.edu> 

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> 
> I have FreeBSD2.2.7+PAO installed on my laptop.
> I believe it is the old WaveLAN/PCMCIA, not the IEEE 802.11.
> I vaguely remember Craig saying something about updating the card
> to 802.11.  Will 2.2.7+PAO work only with the new card?
> 
> When I plug in the Wavelan card, it recognizes:
> wlp0: nwid [0:0] mac:[8:0:6a:2a:6:5c]
> it recognizes it as PCMCIA 915 MHz.
> 
> When I use wlconfig to find out the configuration etc., I got:
> 
> # wlconfig wlp0
> wlconfig: get PSA: Invalid argument

wlconfig only works with the wl driver.  You will probably have to use 
the DOS/Windows tools to set the NWID on your pccard.

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