Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:59:41 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter@jawa.at> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Pro 2100 Wireless LAN Message-ID: <20030819165941.BDDA55D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter@jawa.at> <Pine.WNT.4.55.0308191538400.1260@dings>
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> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:39:46 +0200 (=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Westeurop=E4ische_Normalzeit?=) > From: Michael Bretterklieber <mbretter@jawa.at> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Hi, > > is this wlan-card supported by FreeBSD (current)? > Intel Pro 2100 Wireless LAN (802.11b) Mini-PCI-Card (Centrino) I believe that the Intel 2100 uses the Broadcom wireless chip for which Broadcom refuses to release any specs and have stated that no drivers for Linux or other Open Source OSes will be available. Some people on the Linux side are trying to reverse engineer it, but that may not produce results for a while. Sorry! -- 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
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