On 2015-01-05, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 11:27:54PM +0100, Tom Van Looy wrote: >> Hi >> >> My laptop (HP ProBook 6560b) has a Broadcom BCM4313 wifi card. Seems like >> it's not supported (there is also a thread on misc@ about this card). >> >> I want to buy a new card. What mini PCI express card is the best card you >> can buy? >> >> For example, there are a lot of cards in the iwn driver. I can buy a "Intel >> Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" or "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235" for around 30 >> euro, but I can also buy a "Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230" for 13 euro > > Any of the above should work with iwn(4). I'd suggest to get one of these, > whichever matches your budget and requirements best. > > Note that some laptop brands have an artificial limitation where they > refuse to boot if the wireless card has a PCI ID unknown to the BIOS. > Not sure if this is a problem with HP but Lenovo Thinkpads do have this > problem. In these cases the card needs to be compatible with both the > laptop and OpenBSD.
Yes, HP do use a BIOS whitelist for wireless cards in their laptops. To defeat these, you either need a modified BIOS (do you trust the person who modified it? Really?) or some people have been having fun with hardware modifications instead (http://joshuawise.com/wireless-whitelist). USB wireless is a simpler alternative.
