From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 16:21:36 2012 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 F1E13106566C for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:21:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA5F28FC08 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 11912 invoked by uid 0); 4 Jan 2012 16:21:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2012 16:21:15 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=AKZy1dwEYVkz4QZFLq2tr0ck5jerv7HumM9R+TpnzIs=; b=hKrwRX8/4RDOQkQ0FxVM5UYBuY8oCjOi4PW2bmBTh6kPbr73axKV7ixZcKTG2lpa9nyfJsOAz4ssXbTtjf9YjHyA2Wv4U/VA038Zi28XX32mwLbwuf/IuDXi0cJZd4t0; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RiTaU-0005FG-EF for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:21:14 -0700 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 09:21:14 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120104162114.GE8500@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F02A3CE.7020404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120103071028.4964dd33@scorpio> <4F030E00.5020806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F038F8F.3090701@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F045445.3020101@onetel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F045445.3020101@onetel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Linux driver? 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: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:21:37 -0000 On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 01:29:41PM +0000, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > On 04/01/2012 00:57, Jeffrey McFadden wrote: > > > >um, well, yeah, but it's a laptop. :/ And I bought it before FreeBSD ever > >crossed my mind. > > Replacing the Realtek with a supported wireless card may be as easy > as undoing a plate on the bottom of the machine, unclipping the old > one and clipping in the new one. They are pretty cheap to buy on > ebay. > > Your wireless card is probably mini pci-e: > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=mini+pci-e+wireless+card&_sacat=See-All-Categories > > An older style is mini pci. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiniPCI_and_MiniPCI_Express_cards.jpg > > It may require removing the keyboard which is a bit harder but quite > doable. Generally you get into a laptop by carefully levering off > the cover at the back of the keyboard. A service manual is a big > help and can often be found with some googling. As someone who has actually done laptop technician work, professionally, I figure I should point out that the claim that "generally you get into a laptop by carefully levering off the cover at the back of the keyboard" is not strictly accurate in my experience. This is certainly true of certain models, but the reality is much more complex when you are not specifying a particular model or even a particular brand. ThinkPads, for instance, are not prone to this design, and the first thing one does when disassembling (most?) modern ThinkPads (after turning them off and removing the battery, of course) is turn them over to remove screws. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]