Let me preface this post by stating that I have zero experience with FreeBSD (or any flavor of BSD) outside of this current installation. Yesterday I picked up a Dell Latitude D530 for a good price and decided to make it a dedicated FreeBSD machine after realizing that the hardware seemed fairly compatible. The install went through without a hitch and I was even able to get the bwn-firmware-kmod port installed! However, I am a bit stuck now after reading several dead end forum threads and a few blurry YouTube videos.
So I will start by posting the relevant information from a few commands I have seen floating around on the forums. I am not entirely sure how to copy information from the Dell to my main computer, so I will simply be typing.
ifconfig -lv
pciconf -lv
I have modified /etc/rc.conf so that it reads as follows (after default values).
That last line seems to go along with creating a wpa_supplicant.conf in /etc. However, I am not sure what to put in there. Nor am I really sure if it is necessary. I was primarily following this thread:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/41521/
Regarding /boot/loader.conf, this is what I have so far.
So any help would be nice. Again, I am completely new to FreeBSD. I have gone my whole life on Windows. Please be thorough and clear in your answers, ASSUME I KNOW NOTHING lol.
Regards,
bsg_tstor
So I will start by posting the relevant information from a few commands I have seen floating around on the forums. I am not entirely sure how to copy information from the Dell to my main computer, so I will simply be typing.
ifconfig -lv
Code:
bge0 lo0
pciconf -lv
Code:
siba_bwn0@pci0:12:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x000a1028 chip=0x432814e4 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
device = 'BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n'
class = network
I have modified /etc/rc.conf so that it reads as follows (after default values).
Code:
wlans_bwn0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP mode 11b"
ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES"
wpa_supplicant_enable="YES"
That last line seems to go along with creating a wpa_supplicant.conf in /etc. However, I am not sure what to put in there. Nor am I really sure if it is necessary. I was primarily following this thread:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/41521/
Regarding /boot/loader.conf, this is what I have so far.
Code:
siba_bwn_load="YES"
if_bwn_load="YES"
bwn_v4_lp_ucode_load="YES"
firmware_load="YES"
So any help would be nice. Again, I am completely new to FreeBSD. I have gone my whole life on Windows. Please be thorough and clear in your answers, ASSUME I KNOW NOTHING lol.
Regards,
bsg_tstor