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Date:      Tue, 31 May 2011 13:09:03 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-15?Q?p=E1l_p=E9ter?= <pptamas01@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bwi problems
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105311304290.15192@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=m-mYWFdWsDZ-c3UK%2BYkAz2fBoig@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <BANLkTi=m-mYWFdWsDZ-c3UK%2BYkAz2fBoig@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, 31 May 2011, pál péter wrote:

> (pciconf -lv | grep Wireless >>   device = 'Broadcom Wireless b/g
> (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'). A searched it from the freeBSD 8.1 hardware notes,
> and it sais that i sould use the bwi kernel modul, so i do that. I also
> installed the bwi-firmware-kmod port, as the man bwi(4) sais.
> Heres my *l**oader.conf*:
>
> if_nfe_load="YES"
> if_bwi_load="YES"
> wlan_scan_up_load="YES"
> wlan_sta_load="YES"
> wlan_wep_load="YES"
> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
> wlan_tkip_load="YES"

The firmware port installs a module that must also be loaded, 
bwi_v3_ucode.

bwi(4) is generally for older Broadcom cards, and newer ones are 
supported by bwn(4).  I don't know of an easy way to figure out which 
particular card is which other than comparing the PCI ID codes.
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