Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 01:40:17 GMT From: Willy TP <WillyTP@GMail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/98162: [feature request] AcerHK driver port needed for enabling WiFi on Acer's laptops Message-ID: <200606040140.k541eHFT080096@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/98162; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Willy TP <WillyTP@GMail.com> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, William.Anderle@Alice.it Cc: Subject: Re: kern/98162: [feature request] AcerHK driver port needed for enabling WiFi on Acer's laptops Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:37:15 +0200 Hi, actually I haven't tried with NDISulator, but I don't think it will help. Even in Windows, for enabling/disabling WiFi radio we have to install a program from Acer, called "Launch Manager". Under FreeBSD, I tried this trick for making WiFi driver (in my case, if_ath) working: 1)Launch Linux 2)Enable wireless radio through AcerHK driver (echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled) 3)*Soft* reboot into FreeBSD If WiFi configuration is correct, it will work as it should be. For discovering if the WiFi radio is actually on, I followed this procedure: 1)AP turned on 2)Run this command: ifconfig ath0 list ap If nothing is shown, WLAN hardware is disabled. Next days I'll try with NDISulator and report.
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