From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 06:53:22 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D15D5C1A for ; Thu, 7 May 2015 06:53:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x22e.google.com (mail-ie0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4FD81041 for ; Thu, 7 May 2015 06:53:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iecnq11 with SMTP id nq11so32418009iec.3 for ; Wed, 06 May 2015 23:53:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=ct7HyHtJ4r0ko9TQEFm2m8b3P47+whu1SXTbkDNAMbQ=; b=f1+UcpHHfwH+Y1j9bcXFgnvheOZMQeGup0lglAjHZRIuY7VOw+yLly/6nLtCqFwBFo gik2YfiRS/tdWMAOIi0zWjAYiyZgM0cuevUoH0fO4YB34uqs7QwhFenxvKsOBNq1+L0h rI2LNNXVB3d+FqvaevhOPiCcoQR9KtjRsDHCBrJC0upL19oZadTP2cYN6SQzvZ/a7ilT lOboADbPB6jNeEKKnXN3kcGsJE7BjoxtzCXhHchs1dh7oWtjJlnG/cu3i2OLViFJdiJF xm0Um75AHEKGpp+fTYo5KtRlmIJkUAhwtHjDwvirolmTnRdyBEd6DDeWxyj8/qUxI5Cd A4mw== X-Received: by 10.43.133.137 with SMTP id hy9mr2150808icc.74.1430981601780; Wed, 06 May 2015 23:53:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.121.1 with HTTP; Wed, 6 May 2015 23:53:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Avinash Sonawane Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 12:23:01 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: BCM4313 Wireless LAN Controller in FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE To: Ben Woods Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 06:53:22 -0000 On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Ben Woods wrote: > I don't believe BCM4313 is supported (refer to forum post > https://forums.freebsd.org/index.php?threads/26616/). Doesn't that make the page at https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/hardware.html being containing the wrong/incomplete info as it says "The bwn(4) driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based wireless devices" ? > > I believe people have had luck using the ndis(4) drivers. See below > for links which may help: > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/broadcom-ndis-howto.36611/ > http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing#Wireless_Devices_Needing_Drivers:_Does_ndisgen_Work_for_this_Device.3F Thank you for the references. I'll try and see if I can get my BCM4313 to work in FreeBSD. > > Also, for future reference, wifi driver questions will probably > attract a better answer from the developers if you send it to > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. In fact I might cross post this question there. -- Avinash Sonawane (RootKea) PICT, Pune http://rootkea.wordpress.com