Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 07:58:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chris <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208300753300.7149@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1346333374.37764.YahooMailNeo@web171302.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> References: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <CAFuo_fwL6Qq8nXmF-3z=uTPcGrVrU7L%2BHafjrmFs1AzwpEk5ew@mail.gmail.com> <1346333374.37764.YahooMailNeo@web171302.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote: > Using pciconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have: > > none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x060814e4 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > device = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller' > class = network > > > As per the release notes for 9.0 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), the bwn(4) driver be the one to use. > > Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted. > > if_bwn_load="YES" > wlan_wep_load="YES" > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > wlan_tkip_load="YES" The last three are included in the GENERIC kernel. The bwi and bwn drivers need firmware, which is provided by the net/bwi-firmware-kmod and net/bwn-firmware-kmod ports. So install whichever is appropriate. I think the driver tries to load the right firmware automatically, but haven't tried a Broadcom in a while, and it might still be necessary to load the firmware module in /boot/loader.conf.
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