Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:01:58 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: hartzell@alerce.com Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations for 6.x Message-ID: <20070221050158.9E31D45070@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:04:35 PST." <17883.43187.950510.959919@satchel.alerce.com>
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--==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Dan Langille writes: > > On 20 Feb 2007 at 11:11, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 +0000 > > > > From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> > > > > > > * No WiFi > > > > > > Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and > > > works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop. > > > > Nik: I bought one of those, direct from IBM. It hss worked > > flawlessly on my T41. > > > > Does the T42 bios support *any* Atheros card, or just the ones that > IBM sells? Probably just those they sold, but they did not modify them in any way, so any of the same models that they used will work. Mine is: "AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless" -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFF29JGkn3rs5h7N1ERAq31AJ45tvkUyHP89WADUPuSQgfXO8c5DgCfTmX/ fWsU0fxtod6jJPLj6pQv59c= =ZGvw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1172034118_60727P--
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