From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 05:02:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1860D16DB81; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:02:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=74e6a01d7b3eaebb8cc7a7c49ce2556fb0df9a7f=252=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEB2613C467; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=74e6a01d7b3eaebb8cc7a7c49ce2556fb0df9a7f=252=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id AHW50259; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:01:59 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 9E31D45070; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:01:58 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: hartzell@alerce.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:35 PST." <17883.43187.950510.959919@satchel.alerce.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:01:58 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20070221050158.9E31D45070@ptavv.es.net> Cc: Nik Clayton , Dan Langille , mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations for 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:02:00 -0000 --==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Dan Langille writes: > > On 20 Feb 2007 at 11:11, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 +0000 > > > > From: Nik Clayton > > > > > > * No WiFi > > > > > > Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and > > > works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop. > > > > Nik: I bought one of those, direct from IBM. It hss worked > > flawlessly on my T41. > > > > Does the T42 bios support *any* Atheros card, or just the ones that > IBM sells? Probably just those they sold, but they did not modify them in any way, so any of the same models that they used will work. Mine is: "AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless" -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFF29JGkn3rs5h7N1ERAq31AJ45tvkUyHP89WADUPuSQgfXO8c5DgCfTmX/ fWsU0fxtod6jJPLj6pQv59c= =ZGvw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P--