From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 04:31:09 2007 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 A781216A421 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B91513C4B5 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:31:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so204415nfb for ; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:31:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=InYD13t+FyK6hH6cSv1A2Q4tc4GzEELEy8w6dH8OEtDLaraUrnjVtA5BH1PI4RVl1g/JCmlapF1tf2TWLsdeee904jvSuNOabpchbo3L7ZE4IU8umzhCvm2zRgyUCioRcXmC3YJsjGjAfsFBWsCOOBeo3wOJp8QlvrNXi2isMOo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=kBDEVdi9HiDmX4V0TFtT2nsG2ese9MfpWLYjSje2mm6c3pe0MEtxLFu8T+7UtdDSkRR8KxcTMVPGyh7f/84y3MV82q2J/Xnd5WxtV8UWPH0sCvh2SH2278p7xegDhspFfXt92j4+mTyqQ07juFG3jo0aqsWkx4MRWkE3K4KKABI= Received: by 10.78.37.7 with SMTP id k7mr1145692huk.1186720267533; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:31:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.25.12 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:31:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <539c60b90708092131v1037cae8v16532e57ff34d7db@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:31:07 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "Don Hinton" In-Reply-To: <18107.29558.834358.66922@gargle.gargle.HOWL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <18107.29558.834358.66922@gargle.gargle.HOWL> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 258d1ecc352f3a3a Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cheap (supported) wifi card 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: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:31:09 -0000 On 8/9/07, Don Hinton wrote: > Hi: > > I recently purchased a new HP dv9500t laptop. Unfortunately, the > Intel 4965AGN wireless card it came with isn't supported (yet). I > tried to use ndisgen, but it caused a panic (both 6.2 and > 7.0-current). I'm afraid you are in big trouble with a name-brand laptop. You cannot put a non-vendor approved minipci card in it without the bios locking you out. I tried no less than 3 different cards before I Google'd it and found this is a common problem - bios checks the vendor id or somesuch and won't even boot the bios config screen until you take the card out. I read this happends with HP, Dell, everyone. FIrst it was the recording industry, not laptop vendors. Next you're going to have to pay a yearly fee for them to even boot. Get a nice PCMCIA or USB card with an Atheros or Prism (and some Realtek - just got burned with a new realtek, however) chipset and you're good to go. I have a $35 store-brand card from OfficeMax that works like a charm - my HP laptop has a broadcomm in it, and I'm running amd64 - supposedly the 64 bit broadcomm drivers don't even work with Vista - big panic ndiswrapping them - gave up. Just Google the part number and chipset before you buy it. Steve