Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:35:57 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netgear WNA1000N USB wlan device Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111100833070.90229@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com> References: <4EBB6787.8000300@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Glen Barber wrote: > Netgear has these neat little USB micro wireless network adapters[1] > that one could plug in and forget about without fear of, for example, > breaking the device. > > Said devices are really nice for those of us without supported > integrated wireless chipsets, such as those found in late 2010 MacBooks, > or anything manufactured by Dell recently... > > The only problem is that the device itself is not supported. > > The device appears to have a RealTek RTL8188CUS chipset (vendor 0846, > device 9041), which, without knowing much more about the device, I > suspect could work with the urtw(4) driver. However, my feeble attempts > at simulating support for the device ended, well, as expected. :) OpenBSD has a urtwn driver. No idea whether anyone is working on a port. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=urtwn&sektion=4&format=html
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