On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > >> > In my experience, now that video is out of the way, the thing to look >> > out most for is getting a well supported built-in wireless card. >> > That's starting to become difficult when buying new laptops because >> > most drivers are lacking support for newer hardware variants. >> >> >> Perhaps someone knows of a usb wireless card with good range that works >> well under OpenBSD. > > > I bought a Edimax N300 Wifi extender...connected with a 10/100 LAN cable to > the back of this desktop machine. Removes the hassle of having a wireless > driver. This machine came with a Atheros wireless card which is currently > unsupported. Good luck. >
Hopefully on topic, this is a blog post from an OpenBSD user from the end of last year (8 months ago). He had to purchase some parts and do some config and order a specific wireless setup, but it sounds like a pretty sharp system (Lenovo Thinkpad X320): http://brycv.com/blog/2012/lenovo-thinkpad-x230-for-openbsd-and-linux/ I have a ThinkPad Edge that I bought blind. I eventually got a urtwn based TP-LINK USB WIFI stick that works well, but it was luck. The model number is TL-WN821N (300Mbps), but the chipset has to be right (urtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8192CU, RF 6052 2T2R). Good luck.
