From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jun 10 03:48:52 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39304B71537 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 03:48:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F02511EE7 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 03:48:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-61-138.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.61.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0CBD24C9D; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:48:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id u5A3mg3w002069; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:48:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 05:48:41 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Duane Whitty Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Latitude D630 and FreeBSD Message-Id: <20160610054841.464e243c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5759F9DB.3070806@nofroth.com> References: <5759F9DB.3070806@nofroth.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 03:48:52 -0000 On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 20:20:59 -0300, Duane Whitty wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi Polytropon, > > If I may refer to one of your posts "Re: advice for buying a laptop" > 16-06-08, you write: > > "Last year I made a Dell Latitude D630 with FreeBSD 10, and it works > better than my home Aldi PC!" > > I also have a Dell Latitude D630. I was wondering if you are using > wifi on it? Yes, that one worked as intended. The one included in this model is compatible with the "wpi" driver. I followed the examples in the handbook's WiFi section and it worked. wlans_wpi0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" netif_enable="YES" I've even tried a GUI tool for connecting, but _that_ didn't work as I thought. Maybe it was meant for Linux, not for FreeBSD. :-) > If I recall correctly I had some trouble in that FreeBSD > 10(?) wasn't picking up my wifi card. > > $ lspci > > (output trimmed) > > 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M > Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) > 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g > WLAN (rev 01) > > FreeBSD had no trouble with the Ethernet nic but I had no success at > the time with wireless. Hopefully you can confirm for me that this > has changed. Yes. The laptop in question has been initialized with FreeBSD 10 and follows the RELEASE update path. The GENERIC kernel has all the parts needed: "wpi" for wireless, "bge" for wired NIC. Check the output of "pciconf -lv | less" to confirm that the correct driver has been activated for that particular hardware. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...