From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 11 16:21:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A0D16A4CE for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sm1.r404.com (sm1.r404.com [69.56.206.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D84443D48 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:21:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from radek@raadradd.com) Received: from afs156.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl ([83.29.245.156] helo=raadradd.com) by sm1.r404.com with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BCoHQ-0001e0-4O; Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:22:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4079D2F8.1040804@raadradd.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:21:28 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040409) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aaron Walker References: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus> In-Reply-To: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.83.6.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sm1.r404.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - raadradd.com cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD & Broadcom BCM94306 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 23:21:47 -0000 On 2004.04.11 21:00, Aaron Walker wrote: > I installed FreeBSD (5.2.1) on a laptop for the first time yesterday and > so far everything has worked flawlessly. > > I have a HP Pavilion ze4630us that has a NatSemi 10/100 NIC as well as a > Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g chip. I've checked out the Hardware Notes for > 5.2.1 and not suprisingly (since there isn't even a native linux driver > yet) it wasn't on the list. I am able to get the chip working under > Linux via ndiswrapper which basically loads the windows driver for it. > > Is there anything like this available for FreeBSD? I am crossing my > fingers, as I don't want to have to reboot to Linux everytime I need to > leave my desk and need network access. Is my only alternative > purchasing a supported 802.11g PCMCIA card? If so, any recommendations? > > Thanks for your time. I'm running today's CURRENT with ndis succesfully on Pavilion ze4430us, so I suggest you go for it. -Radek