Problem with WLAN USB stick

[wkt]

I have a Fritz!WLAN USB stick from the company AVM in Germany plugged into my computer.

If I scan the dmesg.boot file log of my sytem boot I can't find an entry for this stick.
I have only an re0 entry of my Realtek card/chip/interface.

Does FreeBSD 8 not support this device ? Or what have I to do ?

I have a piece of software of AVM for LINUX but at the moment I do not grasp how to
work with it, perhaps in The LINUX compatibility mode?

 

[wblock@]

I have a Fritz!WLAN USB stick from the company AVM in Germany plugged into my computer.

Based on some web research, that's a TI TNETW1450 chipset. Based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers, there's a Linux driver and that's about it.

Does FreeBSD 8 not support this device ?

At present, it appears not.

I have a piece of software of AVM for LINUX but at the moment I do not grasp how to
work with it, perhaps in The LINUX compatibility mode?

Linux programs can be used on FreeBSD, but not drivers. ndis(4) may work.

 

[wkt]

Thank you for your help.

I had a first look at the man page of the ndis program and I think that is a good hint.
I will work on this before I have to leave FreeBSD if the WLAN connection doesn't work.x(

 

[wkt]

I just read in the handbook that ndis doesn't work with USB devices.

 

[wblock@]

I just read in the handbook that ndis doesn't work with USB devices.

That may be outdated. ndis(4) on FreeBSD 8-stable says "The ndis driver is designed to support mainly Ethernet and wireless network devices with PCI, PCMCIA and USB bus attachments."