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douglasfim
December 16th, 2010, 06:26
I have a notebook with the board realtek 8191se

in Linux and windows I had to install the driver that is on site

but not found on FreeBSD, have any solutions?

applicable which would be good to use to scan their networks on FreeBSD?

in the slackware/linux I use wicd, have a similar on FreeBSD?
douglasfim
December 21st, 2010, 19:47
has somehow and install the driver for Linux or Windows on FreeBSD?
sk8harddiefast
December 22nd, 2010, 05:20
You can load Windows drivers on FreeBSD :)
This will help you: https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2010/01/25/ndis-wifi-drivers-in-freebsd-project-evil/
applicable which would be good to use to scan their networks on FreeBSD?
I think you search for this: net-mgmt/wifimgr (http://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/wifimgr)
You should also check this (http://opal.com/freebsd/ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr/)
Imanol
December 27th, 2010, 18:43
There are Realtek wireless drivers already, at least on FreeBSD 8, and they are compiled into the kernel already.

I don't know about wireless managers (I use the command line, see ifconfig manpage).

Check that the interface is running or not with this command:
ifconfig

Good Luck!
douglasfim
December 27th, 2010, 20:11
in fact, there realtek driver for FreeBSD, but is not compatible with the model 8191SE

I converted the windows driver in FreeBSD, the driver tried to "windows7-64" and "win64"

windows-64 did not work
win64 crashed the system, as I already had put it in /boot/modules it was loading at boot, and the system crashed on boot

ifconfig only shows the interface "re0" and "lo"
Imanol
December 27th, 2010, 22:12
You are right, re0 is your ethernet interface, means that the kernel is not recogizing your wireless card.

About which driver to use with NDIS wrapper, I recommend using windows xp version for compatibility, I don't know if there is 32 bit compatibility on 64 bit systems (I suppose you're on a 64-bit architecture), but try win32 drivers.
douglasfim
December 28th, 2010, 07:40
look what I found:
http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing

I use the architecture "amd64"

I tested with the driver for winXP, but neither worked

the board is a "8191SE-VA2"
the driver is the same as "8192-SE"
richardpl
January 19th, 2011, 13:55
If you are using NDISulator (learn to use google) than read http://blog.pcbsd.org/2010/11/looking-for-ndis-testers-freebsd-and-pc-bsd/ and http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing

To get working amd64 you need latest 8 STABLE code and/or use https://github.com/richardpl/NDISulator
douglasfim
January 28th, 2011, 19:01
I tried doing this yesterday but did not work

may have to wait for version 9

the LED is not lit, even pressing the FN+F3 "is so active in wireless in my notebook"
richardpl
January 31st, 2011, 16:39
What you actually did? FN+F3 is more likely software switch for wifi radio than hardware one.
douglasfim
January 31st, 2011, 16:45
to enable and disable wifi, have to press the FN+F3

I always leave it enabled on boot, but still did not work
drhowarddrfine
January 31st, 2011, 17:11
Don't rely on that light. On some notebooks, wifi is working even if that is off. My old Compaq notebook was that way.
douglasfim
March 12th, 2011, 21:54
After much trying, I installed FreeBSD i386. The link (http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing), both the 8191 and 8192 are compatible with i386

I did the procedure on that link (https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2010/01/25/ndis-wifi-drivers-in-freebsd-project-evil/)

I edited the /boot/loader.conf
ndis_load = "YES"
if_ndis_load = "YES"

But whenever I load the driver the kernel panics.
richardpl
March 12th, 2011, 23:42
Loading driver from /boot/loader.conf DOES NOT WORK, never worked and will never work.

Never use /boot/loader.conf for loading ndis drivers.

If panic happens after kldload give backtrace/textdump/something useful to fix bug.
douglasfim
March 13th, 2011, 01:11
I loaded the driver with kldload. The solution is to recompile the kernel?
sk8harddiefast
March 13th, 2011, 10:58
Nope. Kldload, loads the driver and don't need to recompile kernel :)
richardpl
March 13th, 2011, 17:58
I loaded the driver with kldload. The solution is to recompile the kernel?

Are you using 8.2 RELEASE? Older RELEASES (like 8.1) have bugs even on i386.

What is displayed in console after kldload?
Give at least picture of panic.

You can also test code from here: https://github.com/richardpl/NDISulator

Download stable branch and read/follow instructions in README and wiki.
wulaishiwo
March 14th, 2011, 05:39
you can consider adding a usb wireless card. it works in my computer.
douglasfim
April 2nd, 2011, 21:06
the screen freezes

unfortunately I can not test the Hints and not show the error, the source of my laptop burned, the source is already under warranty, I'll test soon

I thought about buying a wireless card, but do not know which is better, pcmcia or usb

I found this card PCMCIA D-link Dwa-645 N, but do not know if it works on FreeBSD

which model do you recommend?
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