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From: Parv <parv@pair.com>
To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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in message <20061209150511.16bb3a34.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>,
wrote Torfinn Ingolfsen thusly...
>
> On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:47:04 -0500
> Parv <parv@pair.com> wrote:
> 
> > installed FreeBSD on it yet because ...)  It has Intel 3945 wireless
> > network interface, with which (some) people were|are having
> > difficulty.
...
> You have tried the driver at http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/wpi/
> I presume?

No, I have not tried as I have not installed FreeBSD on A105.


> With that driver, and ACPI disabled[1], I'm using a 3945 in an Acer
> laptop[2] with DHCP and WPA.
> 
> YMMV, but it works for me.
> 
> 1) For some reason (probably related to ACPI / bios) the driver fails
>      to attach  when acpi is enabled.
> 2) see http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd

Since you mentioned that the driver works with DHCP, that gives a
strong incentive to at least try.  Thank you.


> HTH

I am hoping with you: experiment would be a success, releasing me
from Cygwin & Eclipse on MS Windows XP (so that I could drive some
of the Eclipse functions & (re)starting Tomcat outside of its GUI).


  - Parv

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