Zonet ZEW1642 (RT2760T chipset)
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I have everything setup on the pfsense great, but just noticed on the compatibility list that the RT2760T chipset is not supported. Anyone know of a driver that could work or how I could ge this card to work. I really like this system but don't want to buy another wireless card. Thanks!
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Just to add to this, I am using this on the latest beta version. Thanks, Ian
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If you have a WiFi card that doesn’t have native pfSense (FreeBSD) drivers, you might be able to use ‘Project Evil’ to wrap around the Windows driver for the card. First, you should install libiconv (if it is not installed already):
pkg_add -r libiconv
You need to obtain the Windows driver for the network card (windows 2000 drivers are generally the most reliable). You need the .INF and .SYS files from the driver package. Place them somewhere on your FreeBSD computer ( /drv ). Now you need to convert them into an NDIS kernel module. To convert them, type (as root):
ndisgen /drv/drivername.inf /drv/drivername.sys
Press enter until done. You will now see a .ko file with the kernel module in _drivername__sys.ko
Copy this file to the /boot/modules/ folder :
mv _drivername__sys.ko /boot/modules/
and activate it by adding the following line to /boot/loader.conf:
_drivername__sys_load=”YES”
You can also load the driver without rebooting by typing:
kldload _drivername__sysThis will give you output to the console like:
ndis0: <realtek rtl2760t="" wireless="" lan="" 802.11n="" pci-e="" nic="">port 0×3000-0x30ff
mem 0xfa000000-0xfa003fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
ndis0: [ITHREAD]
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1:D</realtek>
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Just a note, I don't believe that the ndisgen drivers support access point mode, only infrastructure mode. So if you are hoping to use that wireless card as an access point, making the drivers in that way won't make it happen.
