From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 25 23:40:46 2010 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 7F28B106566B for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:40:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45DEE8FC18 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6BO1-0000Qt-I8 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:37:18 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:41:27 -0700 Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:41:27 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100425234127.GC72082@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424220732.00000f67@unknown> <20100424220034.GC6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424235156.00007de8@unknown> <20100425191040.GA12460@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100425212630.00001bd4@unknown> <20100425231840.GB72082@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100425231840.GB72082@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Wireless networking question 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: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:40:46 -0000 On Apr 25 2010 16:18, Chip Camden wrote: > On Apr 25 2010 21:26, S Roberts wrote: > > > > Hmmm.., you sure your ports system is installed / up-to-date there? > > > > Do you have any of the docs that would have shipped with the notebook? > > If not, I searched ASUS, and found a link to the English version manual > > here: > > http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&product=3&model=K72F&type=map&f_type=19 > > > > I've not downloaded it, so please see if there's anything that can > > assist. There **are** other resources at the ASUS site - you just have > > to use the menu on the right to select your particular model and review > > the list of resources that gets returned.., > > > > Hope this helps.., > > > > Regards, > > > > S Roberts > > Thanks for the attempt to help, but ports are up-to-date. I'm on > 8.0-RELEASE amd64 -- maybe scanpci isn't available on amd64? > > The download for the manual is exactly the same as the paper manual that > came with the notebook. It gives very little technical information. On > the web site, all I could find is that it's 802.11n capable, which I > already knew from the sales pamphlet. > OK -- searching the ASUS site for Windows 7 64bit docs (that's what came on it), I find three possibilities for the wireless device: 1. Intel 1000 2. Intel 6200 3. Azurewave Looks like both of the first two are addressed by driver iwn on OpenBSD, but not on FreeBSD. The third one I don't see anywhere. Looking here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers#FreeBSD Looks like that page was last updated for FreeBSD on April 25. In any case, I tried iwn, and that doesn't work. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com