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Re: NetBSD 5.0.1 cannot see wireless card



Nino on NetBSD 4.0 wrote:
> Wow, Cyrille, that was an interesting page!
>
> Davide, another thing what I have experienced with my Atheros card is: it 
> must have been turned on from within Windows. (I have two harddisks for that 
> laptop, and I am swapping them between Unix and Windows.) - Now, if the card 
> has not been turned on from within Windows, you can do whatever you like, it 
> will not work under Unix, no matter what or how you try.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nino
>   

Hm... Indeed, very strange! I recently bought a new Atheros based card
(D-Link DWL-AG660) and had no problems configuring it. NetBSD recognized
it properly and created the new interface "ath0". Which card do you use?

-- 
Victor Dorneanu



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