On Monday 07 August 2006 13:35, Andrew Gould wrote: > Given the occasional question regarding wireless > adapters on this list, and that I didn't see this in > the hardware notes, I thought I'd post a message: > > The D-Link DWL-G122 version B1 is compatible with > FreeBSD 6.1 Release on the i386 architecture. This is > a USB, 802.11g adapter. Please note that the hardware > version number is important as some manufacturers like > to change chipsets without changing model numbers. > > This adapter uses the ural driver. When I plugged the > adapter into the USB port, it was identified correctly > as ural0. Network configuration using ifconfig was > standard, except that the wlan_wep module had to be > loaded manually before the adapter could be configured > with a WEP code. > > You can find a list of compatible, adapters in the > ural man page. Remember to pay close attention to > hardware version numbers. > FYI, when I get around to it, I will be submitting patches to usbdevs to support the Nova Tech NV902W Unwire USB 802.11b/g adapter. It also uses the ural driver and works great with two caveats. One is that (along with all ural NICs, it seems) is unstable with wpa so I had to go back to wep. The other caveat is that the link light does not come on, but it does when run under Windows. The activity light does work. I get good signal, either full speed or down to 48mbps. -- Jonathan Fosburgh AIX and Storage Administrator UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
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