I am new to FreeBSD. I am using Crunchbang Linux. I'd like to try the FreeBSD system. I have a Dell Vostro 1015 laptop and a Broadcom 4312 WiFi chipset in my machine. Can I use my WiFi network with my system? Is it supported with FreeBSD? Thanks in advance.
Welcome to FreeBSD, @pafe Usefully, a set of hardware notes are published for each FreeBSD release detailing what chipsets are supported. From the FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE hardware notes, section 3.5 "Wireless Network Interfaces":
The bwi(4) driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based wireless devices, including:
- Dell Wireless 1390
- Dell Wireless 1470
Hopefully the bwi(4) driver should cater for either of the cards that might be in your Vostro 1015 (from the Dell support page I see it is has either the Dell Wireless WLAN 1397 or Dell Wireless WLAN 1510). The "Wireless Networking" section of the FreeBSD handbook describes how to get set up.
I am new to FreeBSD. I am using Crunchbang Linux. I'd like to try the FreeBSD system. I have a Dell Vostro 1015 laptop and a Broadcom 4312 WiFi chipset in my machine. Can I use my WiFi network with my system? Is it supported with FreeBSD? Thanks in advance.
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Usefully, a set of hardware notes are published for each FreeBSD release detailing what chipsets are supported. From the FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE hardware notes, section 3.5 "Wireless Network Interfaces":
