NetGear WG311v2
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casteld73 at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 6 08:34:42 PST 2004
I am attempting to run FreeBSD 5.3 RC2 w/ a Netgear WG311v2 NIC.
I am using the GENERIC kernel.
I followed Bill Paul's notes as follows:
# cp foo.sys foo.inf /sys/modules/if_ndis
# cd /sys/modules/ndis
# make; make load
# cd /sys/modules/if_ndis
# ndiscvt -i foo.inf -s foo.sys -o ndis_driver_data.h
# make; make load
I copied the XP driver from the NetGear CD that came with the card to the designated locations listed above. I copied the .bin files to /compat/ndis. I chmod'd them to 777 just in case...not worrideabout security...will change to approaite once the card works.
Upon the last make load I see ndis0 becomes available and the transmit rates it can negotiate are displayed across the screen...one line for 802.11b and one for 802.11g
When I : ifconfig ndis0 ssid "3com" media autoslect
The machine accepts the line and remains stable hwoever when I ifconfig ndis0:
Carrier none
ssid ""
I can bind IP's to the card but that is it.
I read Bill's post about twi0 needing to be the proper device but when I load if_ndis it comes up as well...ndis
Is there something I need to do to make twi0 active. Maybe a kernel addition....make load in twi dir instead of ndis dir????
TIA
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