Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:18:54 -0800 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi all.. Novice user having woes getting Atheros card up in FreeBSD 6.0 Message-ID: <200601271018.55053.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <1b62a7390601262010v59bd2651id3bd14072a453342@mail.gmail.com> References: <1b62a7390601261653j4c54bfddp9db43a5ce59e862c@mail.gmail.com> <1b62a7390601262010v59bd2651id3bd14072a453342@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday 26 January 2006 08:10 pm, resonant evil wrote: > Hi there.. So I can't use this wireless card at all right now? Damn > why did I buy this thing then.. People from the mailing list showed me > this one so I ordered it :-( All the posts on BSDForums.org list that the ath(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.0 only supports the AR5210, AR5211, and AR5212 chipset. It does not support the AR5213 which a lot of the newest Atheros-based cards are using. A quick search of the forums would have shown that. :) Similarly, the man page for ath(4) shows the three chipsets it supports. When buying wireless cards, the chipset is the only thing that matters. The name, model are irrelevent and often misleading. You have to search through the support/docs area of the manufacturer's website to find out exactly which chipset the card uses. > This is horrible, I just spent a hundred bucks on something I can't > even use? :( Update your system to RELENG_6 (6-STABLE) and apply the patches that Sam Leffler posts to http://people.freebsd.org/~sam That will allow you to use AR5213-based wireless NICs. I tested the patches on my laptop and they apply cleanly. I don't have any AR5213-based NICs to test with, though (all AR5212 at my house). I have instructions for getting the patches, applying the patches, and testing them. I'll send them to you via BSDForums (since that's where they're saved). -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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