Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 14:28:15 -0600 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: grinny@hetwasietsmet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless usb not recognized Message-ID: <20050206142815.C1731@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <20050206142652.B1731@starfire.mn.org>; from john@starfire.mn.org on Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 02:26:53PM -0600 References: <20050206202240.28164.qmail@web31101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20050206142652.B1731@starfire.mn.org>
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On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 02:26:53PM -0600, John wrote: > On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 12:22:40PM -0800, grinny wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > I have an "wireless steno MB112" from Apacer. This is a little usb memory stick > > (512MB) and wireless lan card. Does anybody know (or knows how I can find out) > > if this wireless card is supported? The card uses a 'Prism2' chipset. > > When I plug it in, bsd tells me the following: > > > > umass0: YOUR_COMPANY YOUR_PRODUCT, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3 > > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > > da0: <USB-DISK FREEDIK-LWFORMAT 2.23> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device > > da0: 1.000MB/s transfers > > da0: 252MB (517056 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 252C) > > da1 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 1 > > da1: <USB-DISK FREEDIK-LWFORMAT 2.23> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device > > da1: 1.000MB/s transfers > > da1: 1MB (3776 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 1C) > > ugen0: vendor 0x0967 product 0x0204, rev 1.10/1.32, addr 4 > > > > It doesn't mention the wireless functionality, I can't seem to mount the memory > > stick and ifconfig doesn't list the wireless card. > > I thought FreeBSD would support the card since OpenBSD lists it as supported and > > I thought the two weren't that different. So should I just switch to OpenBSD or > > can I get it to work with FreeBSD? > > > > - - Grinny - > > > > ps. > > > > I'm a newbie on FreeBSD > > Don't forget that, while a memory stick could be formatted with ANYONE's > filesystem format (including the FreeBSD UFS or UFS2), they are always > CONVENTIONALLY formatted with a FAT filesystem. Therefore, you will > need to mount them as > mount -t nfs /dev/da0s1 /some-mount-point > mount -t nfs /dev/da1s1 /some-other-mount-point ARGH!! I can't believe I typed that! Habit, I guess CHANGE THAT to mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /some-mount-point mount -t msdos /dev/da1s1 /some-other-mount-point -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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