From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 03:22:19 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 C8E3A106564A for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:22:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbyrnes@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592EB8FC13 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:22:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm4 with SMTP id 4so3108917fxm.13 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:22:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HuIpu00+3zstk/nlZaqp+hnAkPKRsl6WMRyHWPOg0YM=; b=sLR7ffU59j4pufzv8jOkL/nkPbZGBAnp6zJenoNcGIDHlnloEt++NCn93CdfaBCoW9 dcaKmAexWgqyu9xXGgtBItkKHawqLEeLL8mvWTzwx7NqGC6L7f/HW2u/wh/q2AH5o+Pr RyXICObJ1Xhi5CEWldJn6caAaLlXnJ5ICxKDo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=g7cXh/GlDsurvhmq96JnPHEkraSXoisoYdDmZsSSpLxajZCeVrYNlPVNr4dx2hVogx Bv5Qbh65uIDtIyOdHX9bgt6/uF3+7YcdrG7Mcvc4DIldhTl5cbfiitKpDMH0/MPzFZ+P Q6HWLo76TqX4AD29lDQpUtuD6g+FWAZz3TkNE= Received: by 10.239.135.2 with SMTP id b2mr210616hbb.21.1282533738167; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:22:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.145.70 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:21:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com> References: <4C71BCD8.7080403@comcast.net> <4C71E141.4040604@gmail.com> <4C71E462.9020805@comcast.net> <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com> From: Rob Byrnes Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:21:58 +1000 Message-ID: To: Rem P Roberti , FreeBSD , Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Thinkpad Wireless 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: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:22:19 -0000 On 23 August 2010 13:14, Glen Barber wrote: > On 8/22/10 11:00 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: >> >> Thanks for your help so far. =A0Yes, I have looked at the handbook secti= on >> on wireless, and as a matter of fact I installed 8.1 on an ancient >> Compaq Presario (6GB HD!) and was able to configure the Atheros wireless >> pci card so that the computer works quite well. =A0OK...the info I glean= ed >> from pciconf -lv shows: >> >> device =A0 =A0=3D 'driverIntel PRO/Wirelss 220BG =A0(MPC13B' >> > > Perfect. =A0Is "220BG" a typo? =A0I see that iwi(4) supports 2200BG/2225B= G > and so on. =A0If it _is_ a typo, try this: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo 'legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=3D1' >> /boot/loader.con= f > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo 'if_iwi_load=3D"YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo 'iwi_bss_load=3D"YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo 'iwi_ibss_load=3D"YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0echo 'iwi_monitor_load=3D"YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf > > (Note, the differentiation between the single- and double-quotes.) > > After a reboot, you should see iwi0 in ifconfig(8) output. =A0(I'm not > aware of a way to acknowledge the license agreement without a reboot.) > Then you should be able to configure your wlan0 device similarly to your > Presario. For a fresh install of 8.1 you only need: if_iwi_load=3D"YES" legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=3D1 cheers, Rob