Re: netgear ma521
"Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop)" <[email protected]>
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Alex wrote: > bit of a noob question here, i have a netgear ma521 wirless b card. > > When i plug it in dmesg gives me: > cardbus1: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > nothing when i unplug. > > i was told that i need to install something in order to get it to > recognize wireless cards. do i need to recompile the kernel or > something? hopefully this isnt too difficult to do! > I looked around a little and it looks like this card has a RealTek 8180L chipset. I don't believe FreeBSD supports that chipset yet... However, you should be able to get it working using the NDIS stuff (NDISulator or Project Evil, or whatever it's called) a simple explanation is on http://www.xl0.org/FreeBSD/ndis.txt for the semi experienced. also man ndis. for more info google with ndis and freebsd, you should get plenty of info. -mark _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"