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Subject: Re: Drivers and firmware for an Intel WiFi 1000 series network card
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On 14/03/2011 19:20, Jesse Smith wrote:
> Good-day,
>
> I hope this is the right list to bring this up. I'm new to FreeBSD and
> I'm trying to get the OS running on my laptop. Everything seems to work
> okay, except for my wireless card. It's an Intel WiFi 1000 series.
>
> >From what I've read, most open source OSes don't include the firmware
> for this device. I'm curious if
>
> A) FreeBSD has the drivers/firmware for this card?
> B) If not, is there anything I can do to help get the required
> driver/firmware?
Hi,
I believe this uses the iwn driver, the manpage indicates that you would
want to
kldload iwn1000fw
then
kldload if_iwn

The manpage lists how to make this persistent on boot.

Vince
> Thank you,
> Jesse
>
>
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