Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:45:19 +0100 From: Glyn Tebbutt <d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com> To: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ath driver within 5.4-RELEASE Message-ID: <43025E6F.4070102@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <1124227117.78094.18.camel@genius1.i.cz> References: <20050816124847.WTNO17166.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@smtp.ntlworld.com> <ef10de9a05081611362fddd566@mail.gmail.com> <20050816142258.476d9226@grokwell.org> <43024A2D.30307@ntlworld.com> <1124225110.78094.8.camel@genius1.i.cz> <43025495.2080504@ntlworld.com> <1124227117.78094.18.camel@genius1.i.cz>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michal Mertl wrote: > Glyn Tebbutt wrote: > >>Michal Mertl wrote: >> >>>I don't know if 5.4 supports 11g but it I know it doesn't support too >>>much advanced authentication mechanisms (WPA). >>> >>>I believe you need not only ath and ath_hal in the kernel config file >>>but also wlan and some ath_rate module (one of ath_rate_onoe, >>>ath_rate_amrr or ath_rate_sample). The recommended rate module is >>>ath_rate_sample. >>> >>>Why do you compile the modules statically into the kernel? Modules >>>should work too. >>> >> >>My other cards on linux dont support WPA yet anyway so I'm using WEP atm >>(yes I know its crappy and insecure:() >>I'm new to freebsd so im not exactly sure how everything works yet, so >>the kernel config builds all the stuff you need into the kernel but >>modules for everything else is still compiled? > > > Yes. By default all the modules are always compiled and installed > (in /boot/kernel/*.ko). > > >>because on my 6.0-BETA 2 ath module doesn't exists :? >>so in theory which module's do I need to load > > > Modules for network cards are called if_$cardname(.ko). So to load > ath(4) support you'd issue 'kldload if_ath'. The linker loads whatever > other modules are required for function of the module which aren't > compiled in or already loaded (so ath would load wlan, ath_rate and > ath_hal). > > Michal > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Well that was fruitless I just looked and realised the card im trying to get working is a Netgear WG511 not the WG511T, bugger :( - -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Glyn Tebbutt | | +--------------+ | www: http://www.plasticmongoose.com | | GPG: http://www.plasticmongoose.com/d3c3it/misc/d3c3it.gpg | | Email: d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com | | | | "Damn you, vile woman! You've impeded my work since the | | day I escaped from your wretched womb. - Stewie Griffin | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDAl5uMmCtbXGg1+4RAi/oAJ0e09014d9D/1toGp4Q2z7uq+X8EgCg1DVC YKznrMgH/HYI5DMVGJjNTbM= =1r3V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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