Jonathan Gray wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:18:16AM +0100, Han Boetes wrote: > > My new ISP was so kind to provide me with a USB nic that goes > > along with the modem/natting-firewall/bridge with wireless > > support. > > > > It identifies itself in dmesg as: > > > > ugen0: BT 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter, rev 2.00/10.00, addr 2 > > > > It seems to have firmware under a non distributable license: > > > > http://www.speedtouch.com/driver_upgrade_lx_3.0.1.2.htm > > > > And here is some more info and links: > > > > http://www.speedtouch.com/prod121g.htm > > > > > > What can I do to get this device working on OpenBSD? Since > > xs4all is a popular ISP among hackers I suppose there will be > > more people who will get a usb-nic like this one. > > This appears to be some kind of PRISM thing. Conexant don't > want to co-operate, so don't expect this to be supported any > time soon if at all.
Well I suppose my ISP already bought a million and will want to give them away anyway, but at least I can try. So I bcc'ed them this message, requesting to consider portability of their hardware. Or more precisely, the openness of the vendor. Thanks for your reply. # Han
