Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:48 +0100 From: _ <pancakeking79@gmail.com> To: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NetGear WG511T and WPA support on FreeBSD 8.2 Message-ID: <CAKnE0Zv=Osnk5o1W6r-rZoiovSVMdLHrFDuAZqZSuZ3fJUdGXQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F18228D.7030403@beastielabs.net> References: <CAKnE0Zu_RMp6Xvk9vwqiVCvN928%2BF1v=JGdaHcVuMvrFb3TNuA@mail.gmail.com> <4F18228D.7030403@beastielabs.net>
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Bought the card in the meantime and got done testing it. Works just fine. The card is specifically listed on: man 4 ath_hal Saw this later as I only checked man 4 ath... Thanks for the update though. On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net>wrote: > On 01/13/12 22:17, _ wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Since I've run into problems getting an ndisgen generated driver for my >> Realtek RTL8185 54M to work on >> my FreeBSD 8.2 (i386) system - kldload on the driver generates a permanent >> kernel crash-, I am currently >> thinking about buying the NetGear WG511T PCMCIA bus driven card. >> >> I would like to ask if there are any users on this list that make use of >> this card and that can confirm whether >> or not this cards works fine alongside with WPA/WPA2 on 8.2 or 9.0 if I >> decide to upgrade? >> >> I am aware of the supported hardware list. The card in discussion is not >> listed as supported. >> However, this could still be the case, since I read in an older 7.0 >> related >> thread >> http://www.daemonforums.org/**showthread.php?t=1424<http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=1424>that it did work, at >> least at one point in time. >> >> >> Thanks >> >> > Hi, > > Maybe a bit late to react, but I have been traveling lately ... > > I have two WPA511T adapters (slightly different from the WG511T you refer > to). I used them intensively for years in a pair of antique Toshiba laptops > and they have actually always worked (since 6.x, I believe) without any > issues and they still do with a recent 8.2-STABLE. I use wpa_supplicant, > mostly with WPA2. > > It is recognized as follows: > > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 10 at device 0.0 on > cardbus1 > ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5 > > Of course there could still be PCMCIA issues on a different laptop, but > since the WG511T also has an Atheros 5212 chipset and Atheros chipsets for > 802.11g have excellent support in FreeBSD, I would expect it to work, even > with a GENERIC kernel. > > Kind regards, > > Hans Ottevanger > > > > > >
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