>The first step you have to take is to establish what chipset the wireless card(s) you have are using.
The Linksys 802.11b card is a 2 month old card, model WPC11 ver.4. It uses the RealTek 8139 chipset. (One piece of software on a Linux system reported this as having a RealTek 8180 chipset.)
I've read too many messages about problems with the 'G' card. I haven't even tried the 'G' card on any UNIX type system in months.
The Netware card kept coming up with Un-known chipset.
And the generic un-known wifi card, which came free with one wifi service provider, is simply what it says. Generic un-known Wireless Lan PC Card from Taiwan R.O.C. It works with Windows.
I actually have the Linux "How-To" for this exact Linksys card, which is why I purchased it. But the docs are dated and don't work with the current Linux kernels. And compiling new kernels for any system is a project that I've been putting off.
I am running FBSD v5.2.1.
When I go to configure an Internet connection over a network, I seem to be getting the same errors with FreeBSD and the wifi card that I got with Linux. I am probably approaching it wrong, someway. Trying to do something (?) that I shouldn't, or not doing something that I should.
Lloyd Hayes
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Luke Kearney wrote:
On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:31:13 -0700 Lloyd Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
Somehow or someway, my approach to this problem is completely wrong. Using the various network connection programs, all respond that there is no network connector attached.
I put FBSD (for a day) on this box a couple of months ago. The light on the PCMCIA WiFi card did come on then. (Linksys card.) But a network scan still said that there was no network connector attached or present. This time, the light doesn't even come on. I'm beginning to think that the SSH program is a problem source. But I'm am also sure that I am approaching this wrong and need some direction. (I've tried all of the options in the sysinstall network menu.)
(100% of my Internet connection is through WiFi services. I travel all year long. When I sometimes go home to Wyoming, my cell phone normally doesn't work there. No phone lines. A wind generator and a gas generator for electricity. Snow gets over 10 feet deep during a normal winter. Travel in the winter is by snowmobile. Antelope, moose, and elk get in my way during the day and wake me up in the night. Usually I don't want to leave there...)
Lloyd Hayes
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Dick Davies wrote:
* Lloyd Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1057 19:57]:
I have several wifi modems. I've read where the Linksys 802.11b seems the most compatable with UNIX type systems. I bought this one recently. I also have the US Robodics 802.11g, Netware 802.11b, and a generic wavelan 802.11b PCMCIA card. I have yet to get any of these to work under a UNIX type system. Obviously there is something here that I don't understand.What have you tried, and what didn't work?
Anyone have some step-by-step instuctions for this idiot?
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The first step you have to take is to establish what chipset the wireless card(s) you have are using. From there you can go on to work out the driver and the steps from that point are well published. I believe the prism and orrinoco chipsets are well supported but unfortunately not all board makers use them. For 802.11g it seems to me the best bet is to upgrade to 5.x and make use of cards with the Atheros chipset which appears to be natively supported by FBSD.
HTH
LukeK
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