Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:09:56 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell WLAN 1450 laptop wireless card driver needed Message-ID: <2147483647.1104185396@[192.168.2.101]> In-Reply-To: <200412250156.iBP1uSVd011637@mp.cs.niu.edu> References: <200412250156.iBP1uSVd011637@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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--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. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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