Thanks for the support.
I checked the Wireless Workshop and also the list of supported WiFi Hardware.
I have Atheros AR95x Wifi Device and as per the list of supported WiFi Hardware, almost every Atheros chipset is supported.
I also tried
install-wifi-firmwares.sh.
Downloaded the Zip archive from Ubuntu and executed the script.
I used Expander to see the list of firmwares, but it only had Broadcom and Marvel.
So what to do for the Atheros Drivers ?
If you type “listdev” in Terminal, you can look for the exact vendor and device ID. With those you can look since when (if yet) your chipset is supported by FreeBSD.
Haiku has a compatibility layer for FreeBSD network drivers, which is currently limited to the drivers available for FreeBSD 9.3. So you may be out of luck for now…
I have not used FreeBSD 9.3. But I have used FreeBSD 10.3. I had WiFi support for my Card for 10.3, but the network kept on disconnecting after a couple of minutes. Now I am on FreeBSD 11.0. In this version, it has stable driver for my WiFi Card. So can the driver from version 11.0 be used ?
If your wifi chipset is not supported, here is a workaround until it is:
My Haiku desktop machine does not have a wifi card. But wifi extenders are fairly cheap (you may be able to pick one up even cheaper on EBay) and mine happens to have an Ethernet port. Most of them do
So the extender picks up my wifi network and then a short ethernet wire takes the signal to my Haiku box. Not great as a mobile solution (mine is a desktop machine, so I don’t care) but it does work perfectly for me. As far as Haiku is concerned it is linked to a normal wired connection.
Probably. But only after Haiku’s network compatibility layer for FreeBSD is updated. It’s on everybody’s wishlist, of course, but currently nobody has the time for it, AFAIK. Until then we’re limited to FreeBSD 9.3 drivers.
if you are a skilled dev… you could also port the new wifistack from freebsd over to haiku.
If you can read german there is a verry good document wich would help 
Okay.
Based on your screenshots, here are the details:
I can see the files, atheroswifi in the path system/add-ons/kernel/drivers/dev/net/
The results of listdev also shows my WiFi Controller.
But the Network Status applet shows disconnected.
The screenshot also shows the results of install-wifi-firmwares.sh
The install-wifi-firmwares.sh can’t work, of course, because you don’t have a working network. And for your atheros you don’t need downloaded firmware anyway.
The atheroswifi in /system/add-ons/kernel/drivers/dev/net/ is only the driver, it doesn’t mean it’s actually used.
You could do a “listimage | grep atheros” to see if the atheros driver is loaded. It probably isn’t, as you say that FreeBSD 9.3 doesn’t support your chipset either. Or do you see /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 when you right-click the NetworkStatus icon in the Deskbar tray?
This is what I am getting on listimage | grep atheros.
And when I right-click the Network Status applet, I have ‘Open Network Preferences’ only.
and when I select ‘Open Network Preferences’ I get the Network Window shown in the screenshot
FreeBsd 10.3 uses ‘ath0’ to detec my WiFi. I am not sure about FreeBSD 9.3 that whether it supports my WiFi Card or not, because I have not used FreebSD 9.3 version,
The listimage output only returns the grep command running, looking for “atheros”. So no, the atheros driver isn’t running, your wifi chipset is not detected. From what I’ve seen when searching FreeBSD forums, it looks like FreeBSD 9.3 didn’t work with your AR9565.
Sorry to say, but you’re out of luck until Haiku’s compatibilty layer is updated. Maybe you can find another cheap wifi card that works.
Work fine - Intel Centrino Advanced N 6235
Hmm. And my Ethernet is also Atheros so that won’t be working either then.
I have a D-Link Usb Wifi Card. DWA-121. Will that work.
Or, is there is any other way that I can use the driver from FreeBSD 11.0 ? I can recompile the Haiku Source Code, if required for this.
Otherwise, without internet access, how can I use HaikuDepot to install Programs ?
I probably cannot change my WiFi Card. One, because I am a bit afraid of getting into the hardware. and secondly that I have read that for my Model, I have to patch the BIOS to use any other WiFi Card. (Laptop Model Lenovo G510)
Nope, USB dongles don’t work yet under Haiku.
We need an updated compatibilty layer… So, no.
[quote]Otherwise, without internet access, how can I use HaikuDepot to install Programs ?
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You can download the packages from another OS by going to the Haiku Depot Webserver. But running without internet… Personally, I’d go with running Haiku in Virtualbox.
Well, not easily at least.
The process would be something like this:
On Haiku IRC channel you can find some people who are also involved in FreeBSD, and can provide some more detailed help.
hmmm… Well I have installed Haiku on VMWare now.
But the performance on Vmware is very very slow and buggy.
It is obviously because the OS is emulated.
I have not tried Virtualbox yet.
Seems like I have to wait for the compatibility layer to be updated.
How much time, we can expect btw for the update of the compatibility layer ?
I do have Haiku installed on real Partition as well.
This seems nice.
My driver files for FreeBSD are located here. Because my device is recognised as ath0.
Can you please elaborate a little more on how to adjust the jamfile and recompile the OS on Haiku ? what IDE will I need and the compiling process ?
For adjusting the jamfiles:
For compiling, see https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/building. No particular IDE required, only command line tools. (you can still use an IDE to edit the files, of course).
You only need to recompile your driver, not the complete system. You can do this with “jam -q atheros813x” for the example I used.
I tried the option of Ethernet too. But my Ethernet is Atheros AR817x and that is also unsupported.
Seems like I have to wait for the compatibility layer to be updated.
