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Date:      Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:01:09 +0200
From:      Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.co.yu>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Toshiba Satelite U305 WiFi/net/acpi problem
Message-ID:  <20080602140109.GA907@faust.net>
In-Reply-To: <20080602120017.10D3810656FD@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20080602120017.10D3810656FD@hub.freebsd.org>

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> I have toshiba notebook (U305-S5107) with I4965AGN Wifi and RTL8139 
> network adapters.
> When i boot my notebook with ACPI enabled - i have no network support, 
> none of controllers appears in ifconfig output, but when i'm booting 
> with ACPI disabled - i can use re0 (with some strange looses in RX 
> traffic, but it is another story) but completley have no chance to use 
> my WiFi.

This ethernet device should be handled by rl. Not a good adapter,
but you have no choice now.

> I4965AGN is handled by iwn(4), not by ipw(4) nor by iwi(4).  The iwn driver
> is currently only available in FreeBSD CURRENT ("8.0") branch.

Or you could pick some pcmcia card for the start. Latter,
the intel adapter would come to os version you use.

                              Zoran




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