It occurred to me that Jeff_W wrote in gmane.os.netbsd.help:
> Hi All,
> I recently acquired a Linksys 802.11b WiFi adapter
(model WPC11-VN v.4) and
> am trying to figure out why it doesn't get configured
using NetBSD
> 3.0.1_STABLE (GENERIC_LAPTOP). The Install.txt doc
seems to suggest that
> it's supported by the rtk(4) driver.
Eek, what a strange contraption.. An rtk8139 is a 10/100
Mbit/s *wired*
ethernet NIC, not a *wireless* one. I doubt that the rtk8139
will ever be
able to handle this; it looks like someone has been
*seriously* hacking
about in a non-standard way..
> I did notice that rtk(4) says "Configuration of
PHYs are necessary" and
> reading the referenced mii(4) man page suggests that
this is where the
> network configuration magic happens but I don't see an
"rlphy" listed
> though it is listed in the -current
> version. Is this something I need -current for or is
there some way to get
> this card working in STABLE?
rlphy will not solve your problem. An unknown phy will be
picked up by ukphy,
the generic PHY driver. A *normal* 8139 will work
"fine" using ukphy, but
this is a completely different matter.
I don't think your card can easily be supported - the best
option might be
to get a different wireless NIC. A ral-based 11g cardbus NIC
shouldn't be
too expensive, and are common as muck.
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