need help using ndis and inconv

[Shantanoo Mahajan]

On 08-Sep-07, at 5:17 AM, Terrence Wilson wrote:

> I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic
> card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv
> working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command:
>
> # ndisgen
>
> The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3:
> Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the
> .inf file. So I type:
>
> /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf
>
> The program then says "This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The
> iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this
> utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility."
>
> So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command:
>
> # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz
>
> Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When
> I type in the command
>
> # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less
>
> I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc.  
> But
> when I enter the command:
>
> # iconv
>
> I get the message: Command not found.

Run following command if you have csh/tcsh as your shell:
# rehash

and then try the iconv command again.

regards,
shantanoo