Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:34 +0100 (BST) From: Chris <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> To: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <1346333374.37764.YahooMailNeo@web171302.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fwL6Qq8nXmF-3z=uTPcGrVrU7L%2BHafjrmFs1AzwpEk5ew@mail.gmail.com> References: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fwL6Qq8nXmF-3z=uTPcGrVrU7L%2BHafjrmFs1AzwpEk5ew@mail.gmail.com>
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=0A>________________________________=0A> From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gm= ail.com>=0A>To: Chris <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> =0A>Cc: "freebsd-questions@= freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> =0A>Sent: Wednesday, August 29= , 2012 6:51 PM=0A>Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop=0A> =0A>=0A>=0A>On Au= g 29, 2012 8:44 AM, "Chris" <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> wrote:=0A>>=0A>> Hi,= =0A>>=0A>>=0A>> I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but= please point me to an existing resource if available.=0A>>=0A>> I recently= got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get th= e 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 no= t 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 o= n Windows, the same driver is used for E430, E435, E530 and E535, so in cas= e anyone is using one of these models, please let me know if have things ru= nning.=0A>>=0A>> So some questions that might point me in the right directi= on:=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 Al= l I can find are product sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but doesn't hel= p me to find a driver. I=0A>> =A0 Is there some "meta-module" that loads al= l the native wifi drivers 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 found here http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-a= nd-parts/default.page).=0A>> =A0 The handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/e= n/books/handbook/config-network-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 driver= s on the lenovo page...=0A>> - If 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>>=0A>> TIA,=0A>> =A0 Chris= =0A>>=0A>> _______________________________________________=0A>> freebsd-que= stions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi= nfo/freebsd-questions=0A>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questi= ons-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A>=0A>hi, you can usually find "replacement w= ifi cards" for your model on ebay, this can give you an idea of the chipset= . =0A>also, you could always pull off the panel and look at the card.=0A>nd= is can be tricky because it needs an "older" 32 bit driver, and you need to= run a 32 bit version of FreeBSD.=0A>a good solution is to find a ralink or= atheros card on ebay and swap it out, usually will cost less than 10 bucks= USD.=0A>Waitman Gobble=0A>San Jose California USA=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A=0AHi Walt= man, jb and Daniel,=0A(sorry for not replying to the latest email in the th= read, something is wrong with my email account)=0A=0AThanks very much for t= he help, it is really appreciated.=0AI called Lenovo support and the only i= nfo they had was that it was "an Intel card", so that's the same info as jb= had tracked down (and I also found myself).=0A=0AUsing pciconf as per jb's= hint tells me it is a broadcom I have:=0A=0Anone3@pci0:3:0:0: class= =3D0x028000 card=3D0x060814e4 chip=3D0x472714e4 rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00=0Aven= dor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation'=0Adevice =3D 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wi= reless LAN Controller'=0Aclass =3D network=0A=0A=0AAs per the release = notes for 9.0 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), th= e bwn(4) driver be the one to use.=0A=0AAdded the following to my /boot/loa= der.conf following the instructions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/= handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted.=0A=0Aif_bwn_load=3D"YES"=0Awla= n_wep_load=3D"YES"=0Awlan_ccmp_load=3D"YES"=0Awlan_tkip_load=3D"YES"=0A=0A= =0A(also tried the bwi(4) driver instead of bwn)=0A=0AI still don't get any= thing in dmesg or ifconfig. So either I have missed some step, or this spec= ific card isn't supported by the bwn/bwi drivers.=0AAnyone have any further= ideas?=0AIf not, I'll try to track down some USB WLAN card that is support= ed, as I've also heard the same thing as Daniel, i.e. that non-Lenovo cards= are blocked by the BIOS if you try to replace the default one.=0A=0ABR,=0A= =A0 Chris
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