J johnnl Apr 11, 2010 #1 Hi, I've just installed FreeBSD 8.0 on TP X41. Unfortunately, I cannot get the wireless adapter by ifconfig. Is there anyone can tell me how to enable it? Thanks
Hi, I've just installed FreeBSD 8.0 on TP X41. Unfortunately, I cannot get the wireless adapter by ifconfig. Is there anyone can tell me how to enable it? Thanks
SirDice Administrator Staff member Administrator Moderator Apr 12, 2010 #2 I have no idea what a TP X41 is. What is the chipset of the wireless?
vermaden Apr 12, 2010 #3 @SirDice Its IBM ThinkPad X41, but it may use a wide range of wireless cards as the drivers page shows: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-54078.html @johnnl Provide output of # pciconf -l -v command.
@SirDice Its IBM ThinkPad X41, but it may use a wide range of wireless cards as the drivers page shows: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-54078.html @johnnl Provide output of # pciconf -l -v command.
OP J johnnl Apr 12, 2010 Thread Starter #4 i type the screenshot about wireless as below: Code: none4@pci0:4:2:0 class=0x001a00 card=0x50101468 chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'broadcom corporation' device = 'broadcom 802.11b/g(BCM43XX)' class = old do you want more information? thanks for your help
i type the screenshot about wireless as below: Code: none4@pci0:4:2:0 class=0x001a00 card=0x50101468 chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'broadcom corporation' device = 'broadcom 802.11b/g(BCM43XX)' class = old do you want more information? thanks for your help
vermaden Apr 12, 2010 #5 Check these: http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2009/05/broadcom-bcm43xx-support-bwi-committed.html http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6175 http://nwvd.org/unix/freebsd-current/2009/4Qtr/msg03544.html
Check these: http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2009/05/broadcom-bcm43xx-support-bwi-committed.html http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6175 http://nwvd.org/unix/freebsd-current/2009/4Qtr/msg03544.html
