Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:04:31 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> To: "Robert Blacquiere" <freebsd@guldan.demon.nl> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless woes Message-ID: <8a0028260605180304u15e49fd2v2bdd88fa666f19a5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060518063735.GN7154@bombur.guldan.demon.nl> References: <8a0028260605090912re6b7f7bkb181bba64a0d9f5c@mail.gmail.com> <20060509164329.208F245042@ptavv.es.net> <8a0028260605100727n67acdd35qfd1f25b15caee43f@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260605161045g6043edfaqe8bb03f6a1e44901@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260605171818o726cd827nd1f9a60ff0384a62@mail.gmail.com> <20060518063735.GN7154@bombur.guldan.demon.nl>
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Robert, Yes, that's the internal one. The one I'm configuring is external, Cardbus-type. It's definitely atheros-based. Jeff On 18/05/06, Robert Blacquiere <freebsd@guldan.demon.nl> wrote: > > On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 02:18:10AM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: > > Hi > > > > I just had a thought on this subject. Could the problem I'm having be > due to > > not having the firmware/hal? I never thought to install anything since > it > > works in SuSE 10.0 out of the box. Is there a firmware/hal package/port > in > > ports? > > > > Jeff. > > > <snip> > > Hi jeff, > > You don't have a atheros based wireless device. It seems that you have a > broadcom wireless device: > > none4@pci2:5:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x000617f9 chip=3D0x431814e4 rev= =3D0x02 > hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > class =3D network > > This is probably your wireless device. > > Robert > > -- > Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? > FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? > OpenBSD: Hey guys you left some holes out there! > --=20 ------------------------------------------------------ Argument against Linux number 6,033: "...So this is like most Linux viruses. You have to download the virus yourself, become root, install it and then run it. Seems like a lot of work just to experience what you can get on Windows with a lot less trouble."
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