From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 11 12:00:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824E216A4D0 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:00:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-03.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-smtplb.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA86743D3F for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 12:00:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (102.201.33.65.cfl.rr.com [65.33.201.102]) i3BJ0LuI023515 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:00:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Walker To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:00:38 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: FBSD & Broadcom BCM94306 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:00:24 -0000 I installed FreeBSD (5.2.1) on a laptop for the first time yesterday and so far everything has worked flawlessly. I have a HP Pavilion ze4630us that has a NatSemi 10/100 NIC as well as a Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g chip. I've checked out the Hardware Notes for 5.2.1 and not suprisingly (since there isn't even a native linux driver yet) it wasn't on the list. I am able to get the chip working under Linux via ndiswrapper which basically loads the windows driver for it. Is there anything like this available for FreeBSD? I am crossing my fingers, as I don't want to have to reboot to Linux everytime I need to leave my desk and need network access. Is my only alternative purchasing a supported 802.11g PCMCIA card? If so, any recommendations? Thanks for your time. -- Aaron Walker http://ka0ttic.dyndns.org/