From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 3 05:55:16 2005 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 F331A16A4CF for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:55:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tinker.exit.com (tinker.exit.com [206.223.0.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD8843D3F for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:55:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (realtime [206.223.0.5]) by tinker.exit.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j235tDir000207; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:55:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@exit.com) Received: from realtime.exit.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by realtime.exit.com (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j235tDXF060641; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:55:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank@realtime.exit.com) Received: (from frank@localhost) by realtime.exit.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j235tDc7060619; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:55:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from frank) From: Frank Mayhar Message-Id: <200503030555.j235tDc7060619@realtime.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <4226A470.6040504@p6m7g8.com> To: "Philip M. Golllucci" Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:55:12 -0800 (PST) X-Copyright0: Copyright 2005 Frank Mayhar. All Rights Reserved. X-Copyright1: Permission granted for electronic reproduction as Usenet News or email only. X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL119 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 5160 / Wireless X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank@exit.com List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 05:55:16 -0000 Philip M. Golllucci wrote: > I've got a dell 5160 notebook with builtin wireless ethernet. > The ethernet is none existant. Inspiron 5160? It has an RJ45 for wired ethernet based on a Broadcom chip, use the bfe(4) driver. As for the wireless, you have two options. You can use the ndis(4) driver to run the Dell 1350 (really another Broadcom chipset), or you can replace that with an Atheros-based minipci card and use the ath(4) driver. I chose the latter course and am using it right now. I am running -current, however, since the wireless support there is _much_ better than that in 5.x. Running -current is not for the faint of heart. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/