Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:21:28 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> To: Aaron Walker <ka0ttic@cfl.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD & Broadcom BCM94306 Message-ID: <4079D2F8.1040804@raadradd.com> In-Reply-To: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus> References: <1081710037.19003.9.camel@morpheus>
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On 2004.04.11 21:00, Aaron Walker wrote: > I installed FreeBSD (5.2.1) on a laptop for the first time yesterday and > so far everything has worked flawlessly. > > I have a HP Pavilion ze4630us that has a NatSemi 10/100 NIC as well as a > Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g chip. I've checked out the Hardware Notes for > 5.2.1 and not suprisingly (since there isn't even a native linux driver > yet) it wasn't on the list. I am able to get the chip working under > Linux via ndiswrapper which basically loads the windows driver for it. > > Is there anything like this available for FreeBSD? I am crossing my > fingers, as I don't want to have to reboot to Linux everytime I need to > leave my desk and need network access. Is my only alternative > purchasing a supported 802.11g PCMCIA card? If so, any recommendations? > > Thanks for your time. I'm running today's CURRENT with ndis succesfully on Pavilion ze4430us, so I suggest you go for it. -Radek
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