From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 18:13:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 614CF16A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:13:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from male.aldigital.co.uk (male.thebunker.net [213.129.64.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A08C43D41 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:13:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by male.aldigital.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A11597771; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:13:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1])iBTICuDJ054060; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:12:57 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <41D2F3A2.7030805@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:12:50 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041229) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <200412250156.iBP1uSVd011637@mp.cs.niu.edu> <2147483647.1104185396@[192.168.2.101]> In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1104185396@[192.168.2.101]> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig34D4FAC9EB46432854CA754A" cc: Scott Bennett cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell WLAN 1450 laptop wireless card driver needed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:13:02 -0000 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 > 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--