Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:12:50 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell WLAN 1450 laptop wireless card driver needed Message-ID: <41D2F3A2.7030805@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1104185396@[192.168.2.101]> References: <200412250156.iBP1uSVd011637@mp.cs.niu.edu> <2147483647.1104185396@[192.168.2.101]>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig34D4FAC9EB46432854CA754A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Friday, December 24, 2004 7:56 PM -0600 Scott Bennett > <bennett@cs.niu.edu> wrote: > >> >> I did. The only Dell card listed is the Dell TrueMobile 1150, which >> I think is a fairly old card that Dell no longer sells. Dell's recent >> catalogues list only the Intel PRO Wireless 2100 and 2200, the Dell >> Wireless 1350 and 1450, and the Dell TrueMobile 300 Bluetooth. The Dell >> Wireless 1450, which is the card I'm trying to get to work, is made by >> Broadcom, and I think Broadcom makes the chips on it as well. The wi >> driver is for a different manufacturer's chip set, so my guess is that >> the wi driver is not applicable to the Dell Wireless 1450. >> >>> > I hate to say this, but I don't think your card is supported. It's not > listed in the HCL, even for 5.3, and it doesn't even look like there are > linux drivers for it yet. On the other hand, you may just be able to use it with the ndisulator. That's a wrapper around a windows native driver for the card that lets you turn it into a FreeBSD loadable kernel object. You should be running 5.3-RELEASE or later for best results. See ndiscvt(8) and this message (you can ignore all the stuff about anon-cvs and building the supporting applications -- the NDIS stuff is standard in 5.3, and all you need to do is run ndiscvt and build your if_ndis module) http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-August/056835.html Also, this site is very useful if you're trying to get a laptop working under FreeBSD: http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK --------------enig34D4FAC9EB46432854CA754A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBQdLzqJr7OpndfbmCAQJuUwP9EcHP/uwsesah732rDL90KWfXnkOB9lW1 lfy6/T1+2+5596A7Rnn5/U6M71l6ddeS8RQDrfBMcSYzDPdNM6xL0uLOzAG3tSfG LqzBDYsJG58GkgClmmufj3yww/BgLlfcD4QkTljR6UGYmbPm25Pqs2Rw+KPdFnEb /+HxkpvBpjs= =PRWs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig34D4FAC9EB46432854CA754A--
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