From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 13:32:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F4B16A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:32:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from leviathan.inethouston.com (leviathan.inethouston.com [209.198.171.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C9043D53 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:32:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwcjr@inethouston.net) Received: by leviathan.inethouston.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 501A32C90FC; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:31:19 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:31:19 -0600 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." To: Jesse Sheidlower Message-ID: <20040323213119.GA81818@minubian.inethouston.net> References: <20040323213000.GA2617@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040323213000.GA2617@panix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE i386 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPads with IBM a/b/g wireless card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "David W. Chapman Jr." List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:32:02 -0000 On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:30:01PM -0500, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I'm considering upgrading my ThinkPad to some newer ThinkPad > model, on which I would be installing FreeBSD 5.2 (I'm running > 4.x now, with no problems). Based on some previous postings to > this list and other places, it seems that most things will > work, but the one thing I wanted to ask about was > wireless. One of IBM's wireless options is described as "IBM > 11 a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI card"; however, the "Help me > decide" popup only refers to "IBM 11 a/b Wi-Fi wireless". > > Does anyone know what the a/b/g card actually is, and does > it work with FreeBSD? I'd rather get this than an 802.11b- > only card, assuming it will work. > I believe it has uses the atheros chipset and will work on 5.x using the ath driver. I have one of these cards but it only works in IBM thinkpads and I have a mitac so I had to get a different one. -- David W. Chapman Jr. dwcjr@inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc.