Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:49:52 -0700 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop Message-ID: <CAFuo_fwhN=RE63EX2K8XA5hj0cg6RjeKHMDqbfMRditS46sUJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1346336186.50254.YahooMailNeo@web171301.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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208300753300.7149@wonkity.com> <1346336186.50254.YahooMailNeo@web171301.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
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On Aug 30, 2012 7:17 AM, "Chris" <devnullaccount@yahoo.se> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > 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> > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop > > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Hi Warren, > > > thanks. Tried with the firmware as well but no better luck. On closer inspection of the bwn manual, it seems like the 4313 is not on the list of suppored versions. > > What I did find though was that it is supposedly possible to get working using NDIS (even with amd64) as per this PC-BSD wiki page http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing > > > I 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 driver for the 4313. > > > Thanks to everyone for the help! > > > BR, > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" it would be cool if the 4313 worked, i've got a couple of those sitting around here. ill check out that link, thanks. as far as usb goes, I recommend an ralink based device, like older d_link dongles. (i think anything new on the shelf is using atheros, usb support not working afaik) ... all the usb ralink devices I found on ebay work perfectly. (there are even some that have a boosted range of 3km lol) as far as the bios whitelist, I have an hp with that kind of problem. there are several ways around it, but they are all dirty/suspect. luckily I found an ralink that sailed through the detection. you should be able to find out what lenovo sells as replacement parts to get an idea of what they /approve/ Waitman Gobble San Jose California
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