Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:14:49 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Thinkpad Wireless Message-ID: <4C71E7A9.7000209@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C71E462.9020805@comcast.net> References: <4C71BCD8.7080403@comcast.net> <4C71E141.4040604@gmail.com> <4C71E462.9020805@comcast.net>
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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, -- Glen Barber
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