cannot find windows driver for nic, please help

[Brian H]

>From: william paul <wpaul at windriver.com>
>To: malcolm.kay at internode.on.net (Malcolm Kay)
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>Subject: Re: cannot find windows driver for nic, please help
>Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:17 -0800 (PST)
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>Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Malcolm Kay had
>to walk into mine and say:
>
> > On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:35, Brian H wrote:
> > > Greetings Bill,
> > >
> > > I own a linksys WMP11 with the following chipset.
> > >     vendor   =3D 'Broadcom Corporation'
> > >     device   =3D 'BCM4301 802.11b IEEE 802.11b WLAN client chipset'
> > >     class    =3D network
> > >
> > > I am trying to get it working in freebsd 5.2.1, so i figured I could =
> > just
> > > goto the linksys website and download the windows driver.
> > >
> > > =
> > 
>http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=3D33&scid=3D36&prid=3D1=
> > 96
> > >
> > > the problem is the driver contains the bcmwl5.sys file, but it does =
> > not
> > > contain the bcmwl5.ini file.
>
>You're looking for a .inf file *NOT* a .ini file. They're not the same
>thing. The driver distribution from Linksys most definitely has both a
>.sys file and .inf file for your device. Look harder. Also, check for
>both upper and lower case file names.
>
> >
> > You have me totally confused or am I missing something? How does a =
> > windows
> > driver help you with freebsd 5.2.1 ?
>
>He's trying to use the NDISulator which lets you use Windows binary
>network drivers with FreeBSD. Before you go looking, the code is in
>-current, not 5.2.1, but it will work with 5.2.1 if you install it
>all correctly.
>
>-Bill
>
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>-Bill Paul            (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu
>                  wpaul at windriver.com | Wind River Systems
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Greetings Bill,

I have been looking for the matching inf file (bcmwl5.inf) for my linksys 
card for a couple of days now. it doesn't apprear to be in the located in 
the "WMP11 - Wireless-B PCI Adapter v4.zip" file i downloaded from linksys. 
Can you help me find this file. Sorry to keep bugging you.
thanks for your time,

Brian

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