Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:48:41 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Duane Whitty <duane@nofroth.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Latitude D630 and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20160610054841.464e243c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5759F9DB.3070806@nofroth.com> References: <5759F9DB.3070806@nofroth.com>
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 20:20:59 -0300, Duane Whitty wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi Polytropon, > > If I may refer to one of your posts "Re: advice for buying a laptop" > 16-06-08, you write: > > "Last year I made a Dell Latitude D630 with FreeBSD 10, and it works > better than my home Aldi PC!" > > I also have a Dell Latitude D630. I was wondering if you are using > wifi on it? Yes, that one worked as intended. The one included in this model is compatible with the "wpi" driver. I followed the examples in the handbook's WiFi section and it worked. wlans_wpi0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" netif_enable="YES" I've even tried a GUI tool for connecting, but _that_ didn't work as I thought. Maybe it was meant for Linux, not for FreeBSD. :-) > If I recall correctly I had some trouble in that FreeBSD > 10(?) wasn't picking up my wifi card. > > $ lspci > > (output trimmed) > > 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M > Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) > 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g > WLAN (rev 01) > > FreeBSD had no trouble with the Ethernet nic but I had no success at > the time with wireless. Hopefully you can confirm for me that this > has changed. Yes. The laptop in question has been initialized with FreeBSD 10 and follows the RELEASE update path. The GENERIC kernel has all the parts needed: "wpi" for wireless, "bge" for wired NIC. Check the output of "pciconf -lv | less" to confirm that the correct driver has been activated for that particular hardware. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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