From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 14:16:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C807B1065670 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from devnullaccount@yahoo.se) Received: from nm19-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm19-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3B8538FC08 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:16:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.233] by nm19.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Aug 2012 14:16:27 -0000 Received: from [212.82.108.247] by tm14.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Aug 2012 14:16:27 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1012.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Aug 2012 14:16:27 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 45716.78154.bm@omp1012.mail.ird.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 50478 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Aug 2012 14:16:27 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.se; s=s1024; t=1346336186; bh=ENrKZlgOTdds/fLVtePljJzj94RECgNZoBShugWO33A=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=1IazRetWt33j8JuWtfZgU2W7AtBFqOeYQ/Hd/AAg4ZudXyVktZyoJqXIjpyDM8tbTydLCdkGi+yFcqTWqr5P0BuoC9rJrkXIcGSJD/TBt1Tlp2C1KCRP4a7Nb7Ucu/yaQXWbT+hlC/NU+PzVlq6+VCOFXf3CUOvKlF/CncacAAQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.se; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=23bgBFu/dXSG5oP8qU0tPpuCsv1cjlgcr/FhxxFglnCC5xwntXV2nKefIdJtMVaxB7z1zVP/dGjiFK3RZ4usxfod3pxxu4YDRu+OiJzZRqrXWdCR2uCU4i/vGMwNOHxsOpOzfGzqXQFCZnDf6JSA+y7qZ50qt7Gwa4mYcN1Sm7M=; X-YMail-OSG: mNiqkywVM1k0y6l6rSS2AdjIjjXbScOjDDQ5FgV0BxJ7IxH XWwM6eq7wK9KyFkLdGywtP_5HXe.hrB1Ev4jMd0mlJ2w5p00KMkHWTM_MrNW R8TxWe5IgSaB.Ak54rqbToTpmJX94SSqyC9Ylo0wVDkZFB3DRybIhbeU8eiR BkeuFaK5CY3GHdJJFb6KEY1AblgIim8AEtR5C_AfDMgBlE5izo8Bs1p1h0aw xlu4aO1Z23.WY9SMM0nXkWF3AwUBDX_KetZkLTp3eUD.8ibTvkYWtUkj8962 jKTO9uTHtzTmMwc3Ug9NOMJYgy2qIQGGJlgNl3GZpo6.NYGAc4mwq.ODjcxe SpRB1hrr5TKI9Z1Ice.4g1kgtJbPG9A5dO47ghhREqvAInFmFj90OVFKaGWd r8bVa.XX2rAeoNg9dO3smoVH_wwaeeJc5bYzNxULa0izXdyPlcOUJi8ISsJC TKzDNC7fDDjJIaYu7gemXxOSnTP8GXRy1hu75yDYAbLSf9h5eQ8BF8GuKYsJ fwK_VkWRv8EfLYT13YuvJkkv.8XiR84V2IwGcGvvbGsj2_TlzNjLb_qWEqFn ._zDgBw-- Received: from [213.113.0.135] by web171301.mail.ir2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:16:26 BST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.121.416 References: <1346254976.62356.YahooMailNeo@web171303.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> <1346333374.37764.YahooMailNeo@web171302.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1346336186.50254.YahooMailNeo@web171301.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:16:26 +0100 (BST) From: Chris To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chris List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:16:29 -0000 =0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0A> From: Warren Block =0A> To: Chris =0A> Cc: "freebsd-questions@free= bsd.org" ; Waitman Gobble =0A> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:58 PM=0A> Subject: Re: Wifi for L= enovo Laptop=0A> =0A> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote:=0A> =0A>> Using pc= iconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have:=0A>> =0A>> none3@= pci0:3:0:0:=A0 =A0 =A0 class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x060814e4 chip=3D0x472714e= 4 =0A> rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00=0A>> vendor=A0 =A0 =3D 'Broadcom Corporation= '=0A>> device=A0 =A0 =3D 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller'=0A= >> class=A0 =A0 =A0 =3D network=0A>> =0A>> =0A>> As per the release notes= for 9.0 =0A> (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), th= e bwn(4) driver be =0A> the one to use.=0A>> =0A>> Added the following to = my /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in =0A> http://www.freebsd.= org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted.=0A>> =0A>> i= f_bwn_load=3D"YES"=0A>> wlan_wep_load=3D"YES"=0A>> wlan_ccmp_load=3D"YES"= =0A>> wlan_tkip_load=3D"YES"=0A> =0A> The last three are included in the G= ENERIC kernel.=0A> =0A> The bwi and bwn drivers need firmware, which is pro= vided by the =0A> net/bwi-firmware-kmod and net/bwn-firmware-kmod ports.=A0= So install =0A> whichever is appropriate.=A0 I think the driver tries to l= oad the right=0A> firmware automatically, but haven't tried a Broadcom in a= while, and it =0A> might still be necessary to load the firmware module in= =0A> /boot/loader.conf.=0A> ______________________________________________= _=0A>=A0=0A=0AHi Warren,=0A=0A=0Athanks. Tried with the firmware as well bu= t no better luck. On closer inspection of the bwn manual, it seems like the= 4313 is not on the list of suppored versions.=0A=0AWhat I did find though = was that it is supposedly possible to get working using NDIS (even with amd= 64) as per this PC-BSD wiki page http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_T= esting=0A=0A=0AI might try the NDIS, but will first see if I can find a USB= card as the 'net seems to be full of talk about instability of the NDIS dr= iver for the 4313.=0A=0A=0AThanks to everyone for the help!=0A=0A=0ABR,=0A= =0A=A0 Chris