Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:49:20 -0500 From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jonathan@fosburgh.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI: USB wireless on FreeBSD 6.1 Release via ural driver Message-ID: <200608080749.20803.jonathan@fosburgh.org> In-Reply-To: <20060807183524.55270.qmail@web35303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060807183524.55270.qmail@web35303.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 07 August 2006 13:35, Andrew Gould wrote: > Given the occasional question regarding wireless > adapters on this list, and that I didn't see this in > the hardware notes, I thought I'd post a message: > > The D-Link DWL-G122 version B1 is compatible with > FreeBSD 6.1 Release on the i386 architecture. This is > a USB, 802.11g adapter. Please note that the hardware > version number is important as some manufacturers like > to change chipsets without changing model numbers. > > This adapter uses the ural driver. When I plugged the > adapter into the USB port, it was identified correctly > as ural0. Network configuration using ifconfig was > standard, except that the wlan_wep module had to be > loaded manually before the adapter could be configured > with a WEP code. > > You can find a list of compatible, adapters in the > ural man page. Remember to pay close attention to > hardware version numbers. > =46YI, when I get around to it, I will be submitting patches to usbdevs to= =20 support the Nova Tech NV902W Unwire USB 802.11b/g adapter. It also uses th= e=20 ural driver and works great with two caveats. One is that (along with all= =20 ural NICs, it seems) is unstable with wpa so I had to go back to wep. The= =20 other caveat is that the link light does not come on, but it does when run= =20 under Windows. The activity light does work. I get good signal, either fu= ll=20 speed or down to 48mbps. =2D-=20 Jonathan Fosburgh AIX and Storage Administrator UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX --nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE2IhQqUvQmqp7omYRAvL/AJ45UAfzMuLYp5v7gdkAZ2ybyKXn+ACgglL2 Zo99GltpTS0blVBVRCdHA9U= =TE39 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1730705.k8hWubfqhF--
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