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Date:      Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:08:17 +0000
From:      Thomaz Leite <i@thomazleite.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X230 Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 not working
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What exactly is a -HEAD snapshot? I also have a ThinkPad X230 (with the
Intel Centrino 6205) and my experience with 10.1/10.2-RELEASE has been
different than what the wiki says (e.g. brightness keys don't work).

-- Thomaz

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015, at 01:51 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> hi,
> 
> please give a -HEAD snapshot on it and see if it works. :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> -a
> 
> 
> On 18 August 2015 at 18:23, Toby Slight <tobyslight@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I just tried to install FreeBSD 10.2 on my Thinkpad X230 after reading that
> > it was well supported here - https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops/Thinkpad_X230.
> >
> > The wifi card (Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200) is supported by iwn
> > according to that page and this page - https://wiki.freebsd.org/dev/iwn(4).
> >
> > However before and after install ifconfig only shows the ethernet device
> > and the loopback. I tried adding if_iwn_load="YES" to loader.conf as
> > suggested by the man page, but the dmesg just came back saying the iwn is
> > already loaded...
> >
> > I came across some threads from way back in the 9.1 days (
> > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/What-driver-should-I-use-for-intel-centrino-wireless-N-2200-BGN-td5750303.html)
> > and tried some of the driver loading suggestions there, on the off chance
> > they might still be applicable, but still no interfaces show up other than
> > ethernet and loopback.
> >
> > Is this device supported in 10.2, and if so what am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Toby
> >
> > --
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