Re: Linksys WPC11 ver.4
Anthony Naggs <[email protected]>
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In article <[email protected] t>, Eric H <[email protected]> writes >I recently picked one of these up looking for a supported replacement card >for my Broadcom mini-pci nic that came with my Dell Inspiron 8500. Due to >my haste and impatience, I failed to notice that it was version 4 of the >card and upon inserting the card under 5.0-RELEASE GENERIC, I get the >following: > >#Manufacturer ID: 00004c02 >Functions: Network Adapter, Multi-Functioned >Function Extension: 0102 >Function Extension: 0280969800 >Function Extension: 0200e1f505 >Function Extension: 040600e04c390010 >Product Version: 5.0 >Product Name: Realtek | rtl8139 | >CIS reading done >~~~~ >Cardbus0: < unknown card > (vendor=0x10ec, dev=0x8180) at 0.0 irq 11 This appears to be using the Realtek RTL8180 chipset. >cbb0: CardBus card activation failed > >Not sure how similar to the previous revisions of the card this is, but >quite possibly just a minor change or addition to the wi driver. Anyone >have any luck or have any ideas? Completely different chipset, alas. I have emailed Realtek asking for programming information but not received any reply. :-( Is there a cross-reference of which WLAN chipsets are supported and which products they appear in? (Warner?) It seems like something is needed especially for the lower cost (Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, etc...) brands who keep jumping between chipsets. Tony _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"