From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 10:48:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CADE1065675 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 10:48:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from dd12710.kasserver.com (dd12710.kasserver.com [85.13.134.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E92E08FC19 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 10:48:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from localhost.my.domain (cazador.sisis.de [193.31.11.193]) by dd12710.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 922B0184FD3C1; Fri, 29 May 2009 12:48:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4TAlxCe001941; Fri, 29 May 2009 12:47:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:47:59 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090529104758.GA1854@current.Sisis.de> References: <20090428083627.GA3621@rebelion.Sisis.de> <49F715F6.8020603@freebsd.org> <49F71E49.7090001@aol.com> <20090429111016.GA7546@rebelion.Sisis.de> <49F85387.8000201@bahnhofbredband.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <49F85387.8000201@bahnhofbredband.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) Cc: Carl Johan Gustavsson Subject: Re: laptop Dell M4400 with -CURRENT? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:48:06 -0000 El día Wednesday, April 29, 2009 a las 03:17:59PM +0200, Carl Johan Gustavsson escribió: > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > >Yes, the configurator at dell.com let me select between: > > > >--EMEA Intel Pro Wireless WI-FI 5100 (802.11a/g/ Draft-n 1X2) MiniCard for > >Centrino 2 Label > >--EMEA Intel Pro Wireless 5300 (802.11a/g/ Draft-n 3x3) MiniCard for > >Centrino 2 Label > >--EMEA Dell Wireless 1510 (802.11a/b/g/n 2X3) MiniCard for Core 2 Duo Label > > > >are the two Intel cards supported? and by which module? thx > > > > matthias > The two Intel cards are not supported at the moment but I have seen > that there are some work in progress on them (OpenBSD have a driver for > them). The Dell branded card has a Broadcom chipset it seems, > (bcm94312hmg) and thats not supported either AFAIK. > > One option is to order it without WiFi and put in some Atheros card > yourself (which I did). > > Carl Just to close this thread: I've ordered an Atheros Wifi smallPCI card as well, inserted it into the laptop into the empty WWAN slot (btw: Dell's HTML and picture documentation about how to open the box and do replacements is *very* good); the biggest issue was to connect the two micro antenna plugs onto the card; but after this all is fine now: $ dmesg | fgrep ath ath0: mem 0xf1ff0000-0xf1ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci11 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: AR2425 mac 14.2 RF5424 phy 7.0 $ ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:22:43:29:22:cd media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g status: associated $ ifconfig wlan0 wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:22:43:29:22:cd inet 10.0.1.222 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.1.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/18Mbps mode 11g status: associated ssid XXXXXXXXXX channel 7 (2442 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:04:e2:a1:76:0b regdomain 96 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL Carl, thanks again for your hint. matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.