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Table 1 provides a handy resource for checking to see if your wireless driver is known to work on FreeBSD and PC-BSD. If a driver that you are using is not listed, please create a wiki account and add it. Devices should be added alphabetically (then numerically). | Table 1 provides a handy resource for checking to see if your wireless driver is known to work on FreeBSD and PC-BSD. If a driver that you are using is not listed, please create a wiki account and add it. Devices should be added alphabetically (then numerically). | ||
| − | If you are unsure of the name of your wireless device, check the output of this command: '''pciconf -lv | grep | + | If you are unsure of the name of your wireless device, check the output of this command: '''pciconf -lv | grep -i wireless'''. If it is a USB device, use '''usbconfig''' instead. |
If your wireless device does not work, take a look at the tables on the [http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing Wireless Testing] page. | If your wireless device does not work, take a look at the tables on the [http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing Wireless Testing] page. | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 17 November 2010
Table 1 provides a handy resource for checking to see if your wireless driver is known to work on FreeBSD and PC-BSD. If a driver that you are using is not listed, please create a wiki account and add it. Devices should be added alphabetically (then numerically).
If you are unsure of the name of your wireless device, check the output of this command: pciconf -lv | grep -i wireless. If it is a USB device, use usbconfig instead.
If your wireless device does not work, take a look at the tables on the Wireless Testing page.
Table 1: Wireless Devices Known to Work
| Device Name | Driver | i386 | amd64 | Comments |
| AR5001 | ath | YES | ||
| Belkin 54G (F5D7050) | rum | YES | external USB | |
| BCM4311 | ndis | YES | NO | Known as Dell 1390 WLAN Mini Card. x64 does not compile driver in ndisgen correctly. Tested on R140747.exe driver from dell. |
