I figured out how to get my system to "recognize" my NIC for what it is.
pfexec vi /etc/driver_aliases
Do a search for ral:
/ral
The only line that comes up will be:
ral "pci1814,201"
Add the following line:
ral "pci1810,8410"
Save changes and exit.
(At this point the Device Driver Utility will detect the NIC as a "RaLink
RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI")
It is now possible to open the System > Administration > Network dialog from
GNOME and enable/configure the ral0 connection. However, "activating" the card
fails with an error message about not being able to enable the ral0 interface.
ifconfig -a reveals (symbols slightly edited so the output would post on this
message board):
lo0: flags=2001000849{UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL} mtu 8232
index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
atge0: flags=201004843{UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4,CoS} mtu 1500
index 6
inet 192.168.24.82 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.24.255
vboxnet0: flags=201000843{UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS} mtu 1500
index 7
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
ral0: flags=201000843{UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS} mtu 1500 index 8
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
lo0: flags=2002000849{UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL} mtu 8252
index 1
inet6 ::1/128
atge0: flags=202000841{UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,CoS} mtu 1500 index 6
inet6 fe80::223:54ff:fe00:c0ce/10
atge0:1: flags=202080841{UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,ADDRCONF,IPv6,CoS} mtu 1500 index
6
inet6 2001:a05e:d669:0:3959:de7f:5987:5386/64
That makes me wonder if I've got the ral0 interface up and running but it just
doesn't have a wireless network to connect to (my wireless router is still in
transit following a move), or if my card is not properly supported by the ral
driver.
Unless I'm missing something obvious that someone wants to point out to me,
I'll mess around with this a bit more after my wireless router arrives and see
if I can figure it out. It would be nice if the quick hack I did tonight
actually worked!
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