From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 11:00:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEE171065672 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geo.liaskos@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BC1E8FC15 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so7011699fxm.3 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gF1AMgxqOejeut/krF2dTFdk49qGI/+7W1vA2ZZtSxA=; b=VTpumMGqI386wUA96E9BJsr1K9PqI+QNS7jxdNVa1hWHKOqu4aVQnturMTQEGhYCqo 2oyesWghHqibKyzMRYttRKunvABoz+vWFrTdJVKW92M2YsXWXMLDpHdzUq43BVL2tH43 UfWr24tq050jqEV9s+80v0K2YAa4ReoNpdPtA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AMF2l9P09YHX/B6pYvZN4l8x5NVqhDQqoKhNr3dliZtKkop0oNHkw27CNBtFKFso4+ RlYKGGYsu73zjgzPXNyS0D0NiBXtTtv7wYBWAUxJHEbCDBLgkxwGMfAS7yUDqAEMt0Dx 19+uUh32uWX+iqF7vn/iUmKtXh4nTBQoZ5Cdo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.193.148 with SMTP id j20mr130694hbi.40.1268218803160; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B9775B8.3040402@gmx.com> References: <4B976ED8.4090302@gmx.com> <4B9775B8.3040402@gmx.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:03 +0000 Message-ID: From: George Liaskos To: Nikos Vassiliadis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:05 -0000 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis wro= te: > On 3/10/2010 12:13 PM, George Liaskos wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis >> =A0wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> =A0I am interested in buying a laptop from the >>> Dell Inspiron 15 series. Most of them are having >>> a wifi card branded as 'Dell Wireless 1397'. >>> Is there a driver for this? >>> >>> I would prefer a native driver, but success >>> stories using it with NDIS or other general >>> comments regarding the Dell Inspiron 15 series >>> are welcome. >>> >> >> Hello, >> >>> > From a quick google query this card should have a Broadcom BCM43xx >>> > chipset. >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dbwi > > Thanks, but I've already done the quick google and > the not-so-quick google look. The results were not > that positive. Do you know by personal experience > that this card is working with bwi driver? > > Or at least with NDIS and amd64? > > Thanks, Nikos > No, i do not have this card but i trust the man pages :) I found this post : http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/4325/sl/i >0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01= ) Maybe what you find is based on experiences before May 16, 2009? Regards