Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:28:33 -0700 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Thinkpad Wireless Message-ID: <4C71EAE1.8@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com> References: <4C71BCD8.7080403@comcast.net> <4C71E141.4040604@gmail.com> <4C71E462.9020805@comcast.net> <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com>
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> On 8/22/10 11:00 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: >> Thanks for your help so far. Yes, I have looked at the handbook section >> 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. OK...the info I gleaned >> from pciconf -lv shows: >> >> device = 'driverIntel PRO/Wirelss 220BG (MPC13B' >> > Perfect. Is "220BG" a typo? I see that iwi(4) supports 2200BG/2225BG > and so on. If it _is_ a typo, try this: > > echo 'legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1'>> /boot/loader.conf > echo 'if_iwi_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf > echo 'iwi_bss_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf > echo 'iwi_ibss_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf > echo 'iwi_monitor_load="YES"'>> /boot/loader.conf > > (Note, the differentiation between the single- and double-quotes.) > > After a reboot, you should see iwi0 in ifconfig(8) output. (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. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > Yep, it was a typo. OK...iwi0 is now showing up in the ifconfig output. I shall make the (hopefully) appropriate entries in /etc/rc.conf and see what happens. ---Rem
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