From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 15:13:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FC716A4CE for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 15:13:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 403B243D8D for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 15:13:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [66.127.85.91] (sam@[66.127.85.91]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j4GFDIms095815 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 May 2005 08:13:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <4288B969.2070700@errno.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 08:16:57 -0700 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050327) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20050516025440.1D2D55D08@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20050516025440.1D2D55D08@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org cc: Matthew.Poole@XLR8services.com.au Subject: Re: BSD support for wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 15:13:29 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:47:49 +1000 >>From: Matthew Poole >>Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >> >>Just wondering what kind of support DWL-G520 + AirPlus Xtreme 2.4GHz >>(802.11g) Wireless 108Mbps PCI Adapter has in BSD. >> >>I remember reading something about it being in the prism II chipset >>but didn't seem to get anywhere. >> >>If anyone could point me in the direction of some kind of list of >>adapters & corresponding chipsets that are supported under FreeBSD >>5.2/similar it'd be greatly appreciated. > > > Someone may have better information, but I believe that only the 802.11b > flavors of the Prism are supported. I'm pretty sure that 802.11g is only > available on Prism (same name but not the same interface). It SHOULD > work with ndis, though. You will need the Windows driver installation > software to configure and load the ndis driver. > > I believe ndis is available with both Current and 5.4. Anything marked "108Mbps" is an Atheros part (108 = 2x54 = Atheros Turbo mode). Unfortunately the poster requested support for "5.2/similar" and the 5.x systems have old ath support which may not work with their card. I'm considering backporting the card support (only) to 5.x later in the year but for now -current is the only place to get support for all available Atheros parts. Sam