Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:16:26 +0100 (BST) From: Chris <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <1346336186.50254.YahooMailNeo@web171301.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208300753300.7149@wonkity.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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208300753300.7149@wonkity.com>
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=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0A> From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.c= om>=0A> To: Chris <devnullaccount@yahoo.se>=0A> Cc: "freebsd-questions@free= bsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.c= om>=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
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