From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 21 12:47:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210EE1065676 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:47:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from colin.brace@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A545F8FC2C for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from colin.brace@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so1186311fgg.35 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:47:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=LdYsqdDHb8DU3VLMuX6IeyMpmtjLUyxOZgKseTd+6z4=; b=DJi7xtGYzIRuVx1+GzCO6Vkhb/AetwWnptLPvuQgPzGNHf2RYEpGyYQXKuYqSZuRiknA2VUi2dxFoj84+NgReqMzu0o8LiqRImkNc2bmWetP8Vlqq4GTLKYGvosPy1k1Veyv/uW49153JChOv6AuvQ+Li/WIyHI8qgpWFZ8okRU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=FslH1l0XgdqSmmbVsTDlOyMJuZkIIgNZ0qae6/caYnRUK40BRi9ZYVT71ZgH3+htbWIMv9EZt8xPaCvRuk3uhQWkjZhqHrCqPGvhkPfjRtDXpLr416dYRXym3rv9z7kAHkWY9vvVayT0YnGN/5zQ7B4MENkOgIdvmMPdvtvGs2Q= Received: by 10.82.107.3 with SMTP id f3mr7381142buc.0.1206103629941; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.114.14 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:47:09 +0100 From: "Colin Brace" Sender: colin.brace@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200803210556.50743.jd1987@borozo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200803210556.50743.jd1987@borozo.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: bb183756f83eccb1 Subject: Re: Laptop advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:47:12 -0000 On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Joe Demeny wrote: > I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 Read the user comments carefully. For this laptop, you'll find, for example: --- Cons: RTL8187B wireless chipset. If you want to use a wireless connection under Linux this will give you problems. Tried several distros with no success. Was finally able to get it to work *intermittently* with Windows 98 drivers under Ndiswrapper - XP drivers would not work. --- If you plan on using wireless lan, you'll need to read the fine print very carefully to determine whether there is BSD support for the given chipset. -- Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl