Replacing the wireless card of an Asus EeePC 1000HE

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Hello,

I'd like to install FreeBSD on my Asus EeePC 1000HE netbook whose wireless card
is a Ralink RT2860, which does not support FreeBSD. Hence, I'd like to replace
it. According to the "AsusEee - FreeBSD Wiki":

"1000HE

Configurations are said to vary, especially wrt wireless modules. Some users
report Ralink cards.

[...]
ath(4): Atheros 5424/2424 (AW-GE780)
[...]"

Hence, the notebook was sold with a FreeBSD-compatible card. Is Atheros 5424
the card model or the chipset? I've found this card:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-IBM-A...Computing_NetworkCards_RL&hash=item3f175ecb5b

Is it the card I should buy? The ad says it is only for Thinkpads... Does that
matter when the model is the same and it is a mini-PCI card?

Anyway, I'm from the UK. If you can recommend another wireless from another
seller, I'll have a look.

Thanks.
 
Yes, I have tested an AR9280 with FreeBSD. Be careful, there are full and half-sized cards, and differing number of antenna connectors, two versus three. This card was recycled from a Macbook, and has FCC ID PPD-AR5BXB72P.
 
I realized that replacing the internal wireless card would have required disassembling the netbook, and risking to break things, therefore I went for a supported USB wireless dongle, a Belkin F5D7050 version 3 (FCC ID: K7S-F5D7050B).

EDIT: Now, if I only managed to find a supported smaller dongle... Anyway, this could be the easiest solution for people who discover that the internal cards of their netbooks are not supported.
 
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