From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 12 9:53: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02AE37B401 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:53:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (dav45.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.162.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51F6D43F93 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:53:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kenzo_chin@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:53:04 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [209.187.233.156] From: "Kenzo" To: References: <20030212154315.24991.qmail@web10101.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Wireless install Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:53:02 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Feb 2003 17:53:04.0187 (UTC) FILETIME=[977C08B0:01C2D2BF] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I believe its " wicontrol " for the orinoco cards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mable" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:43 AM Subject: Wireless install > HELP! I'm VERY new to freebsd. I just got an IBM > Thinkpad 755ce (not my first choice for computers, but > hopefully better than nothing), and I have a Lucent > Tehnologies Orinoco Silver wireless card. I've read > things that say people have been able to get freebsd > to work with wireless, but with older versions of > freebsd. Is it best for me to use freebsd 4.7-stable > or is it ok to go with 5.0? Also, do I need extra > drivers, etc, or should it automaticly detect the > card? > > Any help is very much appreciated. > > Thanks > Mable > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message