On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 01:15:20PM +0000, bsdbsdbsd1 wrote: > Hi. How do I find OpenBSD compatible NIC's? > THANKS. > > apropos wireless > apropos nic > apropos network
I don't think you'll find a curated list of makes/models -- if that's what you are looking for -- because it'd be hell to maintain, nearly impossible to be comprehensive, and sometimes a moving target (e.g. usb wireless dongles with the same make/model but which change chipset across revisions). Anyway, you are on the right track for finding the drivers. I'd go with just "apropos ethernet" and "apropos wireless". If it's not immediately clear from the header lines (e.g. "iwm(4) - Intel 7000/8000/9000 IEEE 802.11a/ac/b/g/n wireless network device"), the man page itself will list the chipsets it supports (e.g., from urtwn(4): "The urtwn driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Realtek RTL8188CU, RTL8188CE-VAU, RTL8188EU, RTL8188FTV, RTL8188RU, RTL8192CU and RTL8192EU chipsets."). Sometimes (as in urtwn, also) a list of adapters is provided, but, as said above, its not to be taken as complete. Especially for wireless interfaces, I'd go the other way round, and take a specific card, find out its chipset, and then see if it is supported. Sometimes searching the mailing list archives might also be helpful. > > Best regards > John Scofield --
