Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2023 15:01:35 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Frog Lu <froglu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, pali.gabor@gmail.com Subject: Re: Still no support for BCM 43228? Message-ID: <0s2or197-8p70-sqsn-59rn-34o5rn81p187@yvfgf.mnoonqbm.arg> In-Reply-To: <CAHt-Y8DUs9AHH-3awT_3X2NZiAUEeM9jzqRms=_GTc4kThYN1A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHt-Y8DUs9AHH-3awT_3X2NZiAUEeM9jzqRms=_GTc4kThYN1A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2 Oct 2023, Frog Lu wrote: Hi, > Hi. This is my first post in this list. > > I searched for a lot of documents through the web and the FreeBSD forums > and help pages, but couldn't find any help on configuration for the > wireless card broadcom BCM 43228. I doubt anyone will work on that. Not sure if it even was supported in Broadcom's smac driver in Linux? > Tried to use both bwm and bwi but it didn't work (or could I get the > instructions wrong?). Then I found a page saying that my wifi card is not > supported in FreeBSD. > > I was wondering if it is still not supported and if it will some day. Or > the only solution is to install a USB wifi compatible dongle. > > The ethernet card is recognized ok. Could not test it yet, to check if it > will work at GiB or FE. > > I have an old Lenovo Thinkpad (T430U) laptop that I would like to use with > FreeBSD. If it still not supported, I will have to use the laptop with > other OS. Swap it for another supportted and known working card and use the Laptop? Otherwise https://github.com/pgj/freebsd-wifibox might be the best solution; not sure which drivers the wifibox-brcm package supports. Gabor? /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb r15:7
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