Subject: Re: Support for HArdware?
To: None <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: current-users
Date: 04/19/2007 03:14:41
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:11:10 -0700 (PDT)
Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com> wrote:

> I've got a couple of D-Link WiFi adapters (one PCI, one Cardbus) that 
> I'd like to be able to use.  But alas, they are not recognized by 
> current software.
> 
> Does anyone know what it would take to make these things work?
> 
> Cardbus device:
> Labelled: "D-Link DWA-642"
> Part #:   "BWA642NA..A1"
> FCC ID:   "KA2DWA645A1"
> IC:       "4216A-DWA645A1"
> (manufacturer 0x0, product 0x0) Atheros Communications product 0x0023 
> (ethernet network, revision 0x01) at cardbus0 function 0 not configured
> 
> PCI device:
> Atheros Communications product 0x0023 (class 0x3a, subclass 0x69, 
> interface 0x11, revision 0x86) at pci1 dev 6 function 0 not configured

Seems like there's no native driver... if you use i386, you could
use it with COMPAT_NDIS (see i386/ndis(4)).

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