From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 11:49:11 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 CB0D2106564A for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yw0-f191.google.com (mail-yw0-f191.google.com [209.85.211.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 900C48FC19 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh29 with SMTP id 29so4041712ywh.14 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:49:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.230.14 with SMTP id c14mr1320945anh.79.1268221750440; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:49:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi.localnet ([189.70.128.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm1188860yxf.11.2010.03.10.03.49.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:49:09 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:58 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-STABLE; KDE/4.3.5; amd64; ; ) References: <4B976ED8.4090302@gmx.com> <4B9775B8.3040402@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201003100850.58321.lobo@bsd.com.br> 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 11:49:11 -0000 On Wednesday 10 March 2010 11:00:03 George Liaskos wrote: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > On 3/10/2010 12:13 PM, George Liaskos wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis > >> > >> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I 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=bwi > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have 8-STABLE amd64 I have a dell vostro 1320 with a 4315 wireless and got it working with the bwn driver from HEAD (svn) and the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE)