Using a Hercules HWGUSB2-54-V2 wifi usb adapter

[Roland Smith]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 03:31:48PM +0000, beni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> System : 6.2-REL p4.
> 
> I'm trying to use this usb wifi adapter. It is based on a Ralink RT2500 
> chipset and should thus be useable with the ural-device according to "man 
> ural" (actually it speaks of the Hercules HWGUSB2-54, without the "V2").
> 
> The problem is that I only get a detection in dmesg like this :
> ugen0: Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3
> and that I don't get a "ural0" device.
> 
> All the devices needed according to man ural are in the kernel too.
> 
> How can I get this wifi adapter working ?

Try adding a macro for the correct device ID to
/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs. In this file it is listed as GUILLEMOT
instead of Hercules, though.

You should be able to see the device-id with 'usbdevs -v'. You're
looking for the first hexadecimal number (preceded by 0x). The second
one is the vendor, and should be 0x06F8.

Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs: 
product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254     0xe000  HWGUSB2-54 WLAN

Then add

product GUILLEMOT HWGUSB254V2     0x????  HWGUSB2-54-V2 WLAN

Replace the ???? by the correct device ID. :-)

Add it to the usb_devno ural_devs array in
/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c, and rebuild your kernel.

Look for this in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_ural.c
        { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT,         USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254 },

Then add
        { USB_VENDOR_GUILLEMOT,         USB_PRODUCT_GUILLEMOT_HWGUSB254V2 },

Rebuild and install your kernel, reboot and try again.

Roland
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