Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 15:18:30 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Christian Walther <cptsalek@gmail.com>, stable-list freebsd <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken Message-ID: <4BF7D9A6.6070500@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4BF1B74D.4030504@bsdforen.de> References: <4BF0EDC9.3090603@bsdforen.de> <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> <AANLkTikUjqe0qkGQuNOwU7TqYokwYeg4_TPsrbSBeBqR@mail.gmail.com> <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005170849230.71127@wonkity.com> <AANLkTikfQAoHYYDhs9175v-h-wtXNeiQOvfT58wPZhLI@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005171527190.72591@wonkity.com> <4BF1B74D.4030504@bsdforen.de>
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On 17/05/2010 23:38, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > On 17/05/2010 23:29, Warren Block wrote: >> On Mon, 17 May 2010, Christian Walther wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 17 May 2010 17:05, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 17 May 2010, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >>>>> [...] >>> >>>> The ipw card in my T42 is the older mini-PCI (no "e"). >>> >>> Yes, and replacing this card is a problem, because the wireless card >>> in many IBM Thinkpad Laptops have a custom firmware, and the cards ID >>> is listed in the laptops BIOS. It won't work with any card not listed >>> there. There are ways to either flash the cards firmware or the BIOS >>> list, but I don't think that it's worth it. >> >> Just because I have this link handy: >> http://www.paul.sladen.org/thinkpad-r31/wifi-card-pci-ids.html >> >> That also has a link to some information on HP's version of the same thing. > > The official genuine parts list for my notebook only lists Intel and > Boradcom wireless modules. So I suppose I'll just have to risk > buying a PCIe Atheros that I cannot use. OK, this didn't really come as a surprise, the BIOS doesn't like Atheros: 104-Unsupported wireless network device detected. System halted. Remove device and restart. I'm currently bypassing this by hotswapping the device after passing the BIOS check and I have to say, the Atheros device works great! No package loss, no interrupted connections ... even though I'm not very close to the AP. I put the connection under serious stress and it just keeps on working. It actually appears to be /reliable/. A term I never dared dream to apply to wireless networking. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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