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everypot
September 5th, 2009, 13:33
Is there any Laptop wireless card compatible list for freebsd? And which wireless cards are best supported by FreeBSD?

I'm really frustrated by the BCM4315 card on my netbook. I have to either drop give up BSD or replace the card with a well supported one....
pbd
September 5th, 2009, 16:27
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE Hardware Notes (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/hardware.html)
everypot
September 6th, 2009, 15:33
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE Hardware Notes (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/hardware.html)

Any suggestion(modern and available in the market)? There are too many of them.
pbd
September 7th, 2009, 11:50
I've used Edimax EW-7108PCg without problem. I know that cards with Atheros chip are well supported, but I haven't used any.
everypot
September 7th, 2009, 18:11
I've used Edimax EW-7108PCg without problem. I know that cards with Atheros chip are well supported, but I haven't used any.

Thanks. Unfortunately my netbook doesn't have a PC Card slot. I need an internal mini wifi card.
everypot
September 8th, 2009, 04:03
Anyone know if these mini cards are supported?
Atheros AR5006EXS (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220477116567)
Atheros 5008 (http://cgi.ebay.com/300M-Atheros-5008-802-11n-Wireless-Mini-PCI-E-Wifi-Card_W0QQitemZ370253744245QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item5634d7c875&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Atheros AR5007EG (http://cgi.ebay.com/Atheros-AR5BXB63-AR5007EG-802-11b-g-Mini-PCIe-WLAN-Card_W0QQitemZ280372497110QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item414780cad6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
wblock@
September 9th, 2009, 05:40
Anyone know if these mini cards are supported?
Atheros AR5006EXS (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220477116567)
Atheros 5008 (http://cgi.ebay.com/300M-Atheros-5008-802-11n-Wireless-Mini-PCI-E-Wifi-Card_W0QQitemZ370253744245QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item5634d7c875&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)
Atheros AR5007EG (http://cgi.ebay.com/Atheros-AR5BXB63-AR5007EG-802-11b-g-Mini-PCIe-WLAN-Card_W0QQitemZ280372497110QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item414780cad6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14)

According to the Atheros web page, these are:

AR5006: 5424 chipset
AR5008: 5416 chipset
AR5007: 5424/2424 chipset

The last one is in my Aspire One (I think, haven't opened it), and it works on 8-STABLE. ath(4) shows the other two should also work, although no 802.11n on the AR5008 (yet?).

The 5006 and 5007 might work on 7-STABLE.
everypot
September 9th, 2009, 19:59
According to the Atheros web page, these are:

AR5006: 5424 chipset
AR5008: 5416 chipset
AR5007: 5424/2424 chipset

The last one is in my Aspire One (I think, haven't opened it), and it works on 8-STABLE. ath(4) shows the other two should also work, although no 802.11n on the AR5008 (yet?).

The 5006 and 5007 might work on 7-STABLE.

Thanks a lot. I have just made my BCM4315 work using ndis driver(http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=40490#post40490). No need to buy a new card!