Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:27:53 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <8ba05ed130605577426fe95c7c9d036c@mail.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> References: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
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On 2012-08-29 11:42, Chris wrote: > Hi, > > > I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please > point me to an existing resource if available. > > 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), > but I'm failling as it has been at least 5 years since I used with > wifi under FreeBSD. The card is not automatically detected (interface > not listed in ifconfig) so I'm assuming I have to 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. > > So some questions that might point me in the right direction: > > - 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)? > All I can find are product sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but > doesn't help me to find a driver. I > Is there some "meta-module" that loads all the native wifi drivers > that I can use that I can test? There's a couple of different Wifi options for that machine, so which one you have may make a difference. There looks to be some information on identifying which card you have here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Wireless_Network_Adapters (Though they don't have your model listed yet, I think it's a new model...) I'm guessing you probably have a 'Thinkpad' card, which recently has been Realtek, but you'd have to check that. Note that replacing it with a generic mini-PCI wireless card may not work: Lenovo has been known to have their BIOS only recognize 'official' replacement parts. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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