On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:49:31AM -0400, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 09:20:27AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 04:33:17PM -0400, Brandon Falk wrote: > > > Reverse engineering a whole driver could take a very long time, even with > > > the > > > proper tools. If it's possible, return the adapter, and buy a new one and > > > verify > > > that the chipset is supported before you buy it. Last time I bought a > > > wireless > > > card I sat in the store looking at the Wireless support list for BSD > > > before buying. > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html#WLAN > > > > > > I very strongly suggest that you get a card with an Atheros chipset, as > > > those > > > are by far the best supported on BSD. > > > > sure, but how? > > > > I've tried very hard to get a pccard with > > an atheros chip, but you just can't trust > > the label. Guides like e.g. this: http://atheros.rapla.net/ > > are unreliable. I've bought several > > cards, which supposedly have an atheros > > chip in them, only to discover they had > > something else inside. > > > > Can you recommend a pccard model that is guaranteed > > to have a supported atheros chip inside? > > > > Linksys WMP110
Sorry, I was asking about a Pccard (for a laptop). This is PCI. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
