From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 19:07:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F9316A407 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:07:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: from sysmon.tcworks.net (sysmon.tcworks.net [65.66.76.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CB013C459 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:07:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: from sysmon.tcworks.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sysmon.tcworks.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l01Il14o022148 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:47:01 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: (from lambert@localhost) by sysmon.tcworks.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l01Il1DE022147 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:47:01 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Resent-Message-Id: <200701011847.l01Il1DE022147@sysmon.tcworks.net> X-Authentication-Warning: sysmon.tcworks.net: lambert set sender to lambert@lambertfam.org using -f Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:45:37 -0600 From: Scott Lambert To: Christoph Kukulies Message-ID: <20070101184537.GA18024@sysmon.tcworks.net> References: <200701011828.l01IShTg085467@www.kukulies.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200701011828.l01IShTg085467@www.kukulies.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Resent-From: lambert@sysmon.tcworks.net Resent-Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:47:01 -0600 Resent-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL Intel PRO Wireless 3945 ABG X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:07:09 -0000 On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 07:28:43PM +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Does FreeBSD-mobile still live? I saw little posts in the recent past. > Any chance to get FreeBSD working on my Dell Inspiron 9400 with > an Intel PRO Wireless 3945 ABG adapter? Yes, it lives. Lots of people have found non-computer things to do on New Year's Day. My impression, and experience, is that you can get just about any network interface working with FreeBSD. If the FreeBSD drivers don't support your particular card, investigate the NDIS driver which loads the Windows network device driver via a compatibility layer. It worked great on my old Compaq Presario's Broadcom wireless part in 5.x. man ndis man ndiscvt I haven't used the NDIS driver since FreeBSD 5.2. Some of the steps involved have probably changed and I've forgotten a lot of the details. You do not have to recompile your kernel. It's not tough. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org