NDIS/KLDload

[Bill Moran]

Joel Adamson <trashbird1240 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> I need to get the internet up and running on my new FreeBSD6.1 install.  I'm using a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter that is not recognized as a network interface in install.  This thing works perfectly with ndiswrapper under linux, which is how I'm writing this message.
> 
> I tried using NDISulator (ndis), following the handbook instructions to the keystroke and when I submit the last step
> 
> kldload if_ndis
> 
> I get "cannot load if_ndis: file exists"
> 
> What does this mean and how do I get it to actually work?

It generally means that the indicated kld is already in the kernel.
Either it was already loaded, or it was compiled into the kernel.
Are you running GENERIC?  It doesn't look as if ndis is part of the
GENERIC kernel.  Try kldstat(8) to see what's loaded.

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Bill Moran

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