From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 6 15:43:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1EC1065671 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:43:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 480658FC1A for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:43:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from Macintosh-4.local ([10.0.0.194]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m86FhhJA029041 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:43:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48C2A52F.1080705@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:43:43 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Milan Obuch References: <200809050945.09276.freebsd-net@dino.sk> <200809051643.52950.freebsd-net@dino.sk> <1d3ed48c0809050913h7a9b69eas14476c9e9c7071d5@mail.gmail.com> <200809060843.35213.freebsd-net@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <200809060843.35213.freebsd-net@dino.sk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC--Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Kevin Downey Subject: Re: MSI Wind Notebook's network interfaces X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:43:50 -0000 Milan Obuch wrote: > On Friday 05 September 2008 18:13:45 Kevin Downey wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Milan Obuch wrote: >>> [ snip ] >>> Could anybody comment on wireless interface? >> I could not get the internal wifi to work with ndis wrapper. It >> appears that using the rtw driver netbsd, openbsd, and dragonflybsd >> all support this chipset. I found a (polish?) webpage with a very >> preliminary attempt at porting the rtw driver. The author of the port >> said it doesn't really work. >> >> I just gave up and bought a usb wifi stick. > > Hm, I downloaded install CDs for NetBSD-4.0 and OpenBSD-4.3, and they do not > show working wireless interface/no driver attached. How did you try it? Do > you have any reference, alternatively? > > Wireless interface is not top priority for me at a moment, but if it were not > too hard, I will try. > > My notebook is Wind U100 series... is yours similar or perhaps the same? rtw supports only an old 11b only part. If you've really got a RealTek wireless part in this laptop then it's not supported by any bsd driver I know of. There's a linux driver of unknown quality that someone can use to build a bsd driver but given how cheap wireless parts are your best bet is to just replace the card. Sam