Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:42:56 +0100 (BST) From: Chris <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
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Hi,=0A=0A=0AI've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but ple= ase point me to an existing resource if available.=0A=0AI recently got a Le= novo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi ca= rd running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install), but I'm failling as it has been at = least 5 years since I used with wifi under FreeBSD. The card is not automat= ically detected (interface not listed in ifconfig) so I'm assuming I have t= o either load a kernel module or go the NDIS path. It seems like on Windows= , the same driver is used for E430, E435, E530 and E535, so in case anyone = is using one of these models, please let me know if have things running.=0A= =0ASo some questions that might point me in the right direction:=0A=0A- How= can I find out which type of card this laptop actually has (can I read it = out of dmesg, some PCI listing or whatever)? =0A=A0 All I can find are prod= uct sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but doesn't help me to find a driver= . I=0A=A0 Is there some "meta-module" that loads all the native wifi driver= s that I can use that I can test?=0A- If I need to use NDIS emulation, does= anyone think it will work for this model/card? Windows drivers can be foun= d here http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/default.page).=0A= =A0 The handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-netwo= rk-setup.html#CONFIG-NETWORK-NDIS) says I need Win XP drivers, is that old = text or do I need that? I can't find XP drivers on the lenovo page...=0A- I= f NDIS should be possible, how do I extract the .sys and .inf file from the= exe that I downloaded from the URL above (I don't have any Windows machine= right now).=0A=0ATIA,=0A=A0 Chris=0A
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