Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:18:57 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <loom.20120829T210939-998@post.gmane.org> References: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
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Chris <devnullaccount <at> yahoo.se> writes: > ... > I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like > to get the Wifi card running > (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install) > ... http://support.lenovo.com/en_GB/product-and-parts/detail.page?DocID=PD024684 Communications Network ThinkPad 1x1 11b/g/n PCIe Half Mini Card ThinkPad 11b/g/n PCIe Half Mini Card 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth combo adapter Intel Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth combo adapter Bluetooth 4.0 wireless There is a product ref file: http://www.lenovo.com/psref/ http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/edgebook.pdf search for E530 3259. These entries will be probably useless, but here they are: $ dmesg -a | less $ dmesg | grep -i wireless Example: $ pciconf -lv |grep -i wireless ... wpi0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10118086 chip=0x42278086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection' class = network ... Note: that wpi in top line is a driver name. $ lshal |grep -i wireless I searched Google but no luck. Get a recent Live CD or DVD from any Linux distro (Knoppix, Fedora, etc). jb
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