WLAN/WiFi PCI Linksys WMP600n on pfSense 2 with FreeBSD 8.1 RC1

CIA

Hey Guys,

I try the wireless card (PCI) Linksys WMP600n to be initialized on pfSense. Until now, unfortunately without success.

My system:
2.0-BETA3
built on Tue Jun 29 17:52:01 EDT 2010
FreeBSD pfsense.*****.de 8.1-RC1 FreeBSD 8.1-RC1 #1: Tue Jun 29 17:50:07 EDT 2010 sullrich@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 i386
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz

One must be said, I used a Linux router and pfSense is my first FreeBSD router/server.
Unfortunately, I have little experience in FreeBSD.

I found on the Internet that the wireless card is supported (under FreeBSD 8). Is that true?
How I install the wireless card or driver on my pfSense 2.0-BETA3?

Thanks for your help and excuse the bad English.

EDIT: Can not anyone help me?

EDIT2: I have updated. Current version:
2.0-BETA3 built on Tue Jun 29 23:14:32 EDT 2010

wallabybob

Your card isn't listed in the supported devices list at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/hardware.html
That doesn't mean its not supported; support depends on the chipset on the card. Do you know what chipset is used on the card?

FreeBSD also has a mechanism for using Windows drivers. I have no experience with this. Perhaps you could use this. I don't know if this would provide the functionality you want - for example it might not provide Access Point mode.

CIA

Hello,

yes I know.
Chipset: RALINK 2860 / rt2860
According to Internet research.

These web pages are interesting:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=7010
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8391

But I do not understand. A FreeBSD developer said he adds it in the Version 8. Or have I misunderstood something?
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=53960#post53960

According to this list, nothing was added.
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/hardware.html#WLAN

Can you help me?
Thanks for the help.

EDIT:
According to this list the chipset is not supported.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers

wallabybob

There is a project to produce a FreeBSD driver for that chipset. It seems to be pretty well advanced and is probably close to ready for production use. However it is not yet incorporated into any supported release of FreeBSD. FreeBSD 8.1 is close to ready for release - maybe the driver will be included in FreeBSD 8.1.

CIA

And when it is completed? To a release no new drivers are added. True or not?
And I have 8.1-RC1.

CIA

Should I not try to install the driver? Or it might be that it is supported in the release?

EDIT:
Ok, how do I install a git package on pfSense 8.1-R1? I want install this driver.
http://repo.or.cz/w/ralink_drivers.git