Initially I wanted to make my Macbook's
So, as recommended to me by a fellow forum user, I decided to use a USB Wifi dongle/adapter/whatever.
I had bought one years back and it came with a CD containing Linux, Mac & Windows drivers + a manual, both of which I have lost. It was some cheap red-tones-on-black unbranded/generic stuff that used Realtek drivers and it did work well, at least on Windows which I used to run at the time. I tried using it, and with the rsu(4) driver loaded through /boot/loader.conf, it shows up as
EDIT : Using a Realtek Windows Utility , I have identified my chipset to be
However, any and all attempts to run
For reference, this is what I added to /boot/loader.conf:
I was later informed that I have to agree to the license in the loading process so I also tried :
as well as :
But to no avail.
My /etc/rc.conf has :
Output of
Please let me know if there is any more information to be provided to understand the situation.
Also let me know if there is any good way to accurately identify the exact chip/chipset in that adapter.
I browsed through dmesg(8) and the above pciconf(8) output but found nothing useful.
bcm4360
card work for networking, but gave up as it seems bwn(4) does not support it.So, as recommended to me by a fellow forum user, I decided to use a USB Wifi dongle/adapter/whatever.
I had bought one years back and it came with a CD containing Linux, Mac & Windows drivers + a manual, both of which I have lost. It was some cheap red-tones-on-black unbranded/generic stuff that used Realtek drivers and it did work well, at least on Windows which I used to run at the time. I tried using it, and with the rsu(4) driver loaded through /boot/loader.conf, it shows up as
ugen0.2: <Realtek 802.11n> at usbus0
on bootup and in dmesg(8)EDIT : Using a Realtek Windows Utility , I have identified my chipset to be
RTL8188FTV
However, any and all attempts to run
sudo ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rsu0
generate : ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured
. I see the same error pass by during the bootup process as well.For reference, this is what I added to /boot/loader.conf:
Code:
if_rsu_load="YES"
rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"
I was later informed that I have to agree to the license in the loading process so I also tried :
Code:
if_rsu_load="YES"
legal.realtek.license_ack=1
rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"
Code:
legal.realtek.license_ack=1
if_rsu_load="YES"
rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES"
My /etc/rc.conf has :
Code:
wlans_rsu0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
Output of
pciconf -lv
(as suggested to check somewhere in the wiki) :
Code:
hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x0154 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x0166 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller'
class = display
subclass = VGA
none0@pci0:0:4:0: class=0x118000 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x0153 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '3rd Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem'
class = dasp
xhci0@pci0:0:20:0: class=0x0c0330 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e31 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
none1@pci0:0:22:0: class=0x078000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e3a subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller'
class = simple comms
uart1@pci0:0:22:3: class=0x070002 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e3d subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family KT Controller'
class = simple comms
subclass = UART
em0@pci0:0:25:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1502 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (Lewisville)'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
ehci0@pci0:0:26:0: class=0x0c0320 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e2d subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
hdac0@pci0:0:27:0: class=0x040300 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e20 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller'
class = multimedia
subclass = HDA
pcib1@pci0:0:28:0: class=0x060400 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x01 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e10 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
pcib2@pci0:0:28:3: class=0x060401 rev=0xc4 hdr=0x01 vendor=0x8086 device=0x2448 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82801 Mobile PCI Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
ehci1@pci0:0:29:0: class=0x0c0320 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e26 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
isab0@pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e55 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
ahci0@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x010601 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e03 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]'
class = mass storage
subclass = SATA
ichsmb0@pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e22 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = SMBus
none2@pci0:0:31:6: class=0x118000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x1e24 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family Thermal Management Controller'
class = dasp
cbb0@pci0:9:0:0: class=0x060700 rev=0x02 hdr=0x02 vendor=0x1180 device=0xe476 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd'
device = 'CardBus bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-CardBus
sdhci_pci0@pci0:9:0:1: class=0x080501 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x1180 device=0xe823 subvendor=0x10f7 subdevice=0x8338
vendor = 'Ricoh Co Ltd'
device = 'PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller'
class = base peripheral
subclass = SD host controller
Please let me know if there is any more information to be provided to understand the situation.
Also let me know if there is any good way to accurately identify the exact chip/chipset in that adapter.
I browsed through dmesg(8) and the above pciconf(8) output but found nothing useful.