how to install wireless n.i.c. on FreeBSD 9.1

[Dmitry Sarkisov]

On 22-08-2014, Fri [12:00:47], leeoliveshackelford at surewest.net wrote:
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> Good morning, dear FreeBSD enthusiasts. I am attempting to install a
> wireless network interface circuit on a computer running FreeBSD 9.1. I
> have read the very thorough instructions written by Messrs. Marc
> Fonvielle and Murray Stokely in the currently posted Chapter 30 of the
> FreeBSD Handbook. I did not find in that chapter a specification of the
> version or versions of FreeBSD to which it applied. The circuit board is
> manufactured by T-LInk, and uses an Atheros integrated circuit I have
> followed as closely as possible those instuctions, to no avail. The
> printed circuit board is located at slot 4. About it, dmesg.boot reads
> only the following: pci40: <network> at device 0.0 (no driver attached).
> My interpretation of this message is that the operating system sees that
> there is a circuit board in slot 4, and that it has something to do with
> networking, and otherwise knows nothing about it. I have checked the
> /dev directory, and find listed in it none of the driver files mentioned
> in Chapter 30. I had expected to receive error messages for lines in the
> configuration files calling for driver files that could not be located,
> but the only error message generated was "SYNCDHCP not found." This line
> does not occur in dmesg.boot, but in response to the command (I forgot
> which command). How do I obtain and install the missing driver files?
> Why does the fact that they are missing not generate error notices? Any
> and all comments are appreciated. If these questions have already been
> answered many times before, please do not flame me. Just let me know
> where I should have looked for the answers. Thank you. Lee 
>  

It looks like your particular device is not being recognized.
You may check ath(4) man page, it might give you some hints how to run your card.


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