PCI 802.11b w/NetBSD 1.6
Alan Post <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:43:09 +0000 (UTC)
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.wireless.bsd.general |
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Can anyone recommend a good PCI 802.11b card for use with NetBSD 1.6? Just as a client, not as an access point. Should I be running NetBSD-current instead, to get support of more cards? I picked up a Netgear MA311, and the kernel recognizes it: wi0 at pic1 dev 4 function 0: Intersil Prism2.5 Wireless Lan wi0: interrupting at irq 11 wi0: 802.11 address 00:09:5b:11:b3:e3 wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI) wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6) Unfortunately, when I try to actually send data on it, the driver spews errors: wi0: wi_cmd: BUSY did not clear, cmd=0x11 wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 13c/0; last status abfc wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 13c/44; last status abfc wi0: wi_cmd: BUSY did not clear, cmd=0x10b wi0: xmit failed wi0: device timeout wi0: wi_cmd: BUSY did not clear, cmd=0x2 wi0: wi_cmd: BUSY did not clear, cmd=0x0 wi0: init failed -- *bsd wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsd-wireless/