From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 10:25:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E1F16A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:25:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from amsfep19-int.chello.nl (amsfep19-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED43743D31 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:25:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Danovitsch@Vitsch.net) Received: from Vitsch.net ([212.187.78.35]) by amsfep19-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.6.00.05.02 201-2115-109-103-20031105) with ESMTP id <20040903102540.LLRB20663.amsfep19-int.chello.nl@Vitsch.net>; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:25:40 +0200 Received: from 192.168.45.9 (b83007.upc-b.chello.nl [212.83.83.7]) by Vitsch.net (8.12.3p2/8.11.3) with ESMTP id i83ANwun050524; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:23:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Danovitsch@Vitsch.net) From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" To: Vince Hoffman Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:25:13 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <200409021134.10147.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> <20040902231435.C78013@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040902231435.C78013@unsane.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409031225.13047.Danovitsch@Vitsch.net> cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Question about Wireless USB Adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:25:44 -0000 On Friday 03 September 2004 00:21, Vince Hoffman wrote: > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote: > > On Thursday 02 September 2004 05:53, Will Lieu wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I was just wondering if FreeBSD is going/does it support the > > > following Wireless USB Adapter: Netgear MA111. If not do you know > > > where I can get the drivers for this? I've searched around around and > > > seemed to come up empty. Your reply would be greatly appreciated. > > > > As far as I could find, your device is based on the Prism-2 chipset. > > Linux claims to support the device with the wlan-ng driver, but as far as > > I know, FreeBSD doesn't have support for it (at this moment). > > from man wi > > The wi driver provides support for wireless network adapters based around > the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II, Intersil PRISM-2.5, Intersil > Prism-3, and Symbol Spectrum24 chipsets. All five chipsets provide a > similar interface to the driver. > > however i have no idea if this includes USB adapters, Nope. At this moment it doesn't. > the only usb > wireless driver i came across (or ever looked for for that matter) for > Freebsd was for Atmel based USB WLAN adapters > http://vitsch.net/bsd/atuwi/ > it seemed to work quite well when i tried it. I wrote it :) I have a Prism-II USB WLAN adapter here at home, I just haven't had the time (yet) to look at it. Before I look at it I first want the atuwi driver to be in a "more finished" state.. At this moment I think the atuwi driver is the only USB WLAN driver for FreeBSD. All adapters based on other chipset are unsupported at this moment. grtz, Daan