Thanks for the Buffalo recommendation. I'll look into replacing the mini-PCI card, see if it'll void the warranty. (Unless I already did by removing Windows)
Here's the output of dmesg: ---------------------------------------- OpenBSD 3.9 (GENERIC) #617: Thu Mar 2 02:26:48 MST 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,SBF real mem = 526884864 (514536K) avail mem = 473735168 (462632K) using 4278 buffers containing 26447872 bytes (25828K) of memory mainbus0 (root) bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(cb) BIOS, date 02/24/06, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd4b0 pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xfd4b0/0xb50 pcibios0: PCI BIOS has 11 Interrupt Routing table entries pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82801FBM LPC" rev 0x00) pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xf200! 0xcf800/0x1000 0xdc000/0x4000! 0xe0000/0x4000! cpu0 at mainbus0 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82915GM/PM/GMS Host" rev 0x03 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82915GM/GMS Video" rev 0x03: aperture at 0xb0080000, size 0x10000000 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) "Intel 82915GM/GMS Video" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 usb3 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801FB USB" rev 0x03: irq 11 usb4 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub4 at usb4 uhub4: Intel EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered ppb0 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xd3 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vendor "Atheros", unknown product 0x001a (class network subclass ethernet, rev 0x01) at pci1 dev 5 function 0 not configured rl0 at pci1 dev 7 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 10, address 00:0a:e4:fc:8f:8b rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY cbb0 at pci1 dev 9 function 0 "ENE CB-1410 CardBus" rev 0x01pci_intr_map: no mapping for pin A : couldn't map interrupt auich0 at pci0 dev 30 function 2 "Intel 82801FB AC97" rev 0x03: irq 10, ICH6 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x414c4761 (Avance Logic <61>) audio0 at auich0 "Intel 82801FB Modem" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 30 function 3 not configured ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801FBM LPC" rev 0x03: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801FB IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST9402112A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 38154MB, 78140160 sectors atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <PHILIPS, CDRW/DVD SCB5265, TX11> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801FB SMBus" rev 0x03: irq 11 iic0 at ichiic0 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 biomask ebfd netmask effd ttymask ffff pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support umass0 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: Verbatim Store'n'go U3, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Verbatim, Store'n'go U3, 6.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable sd0: 973MB, 973 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 1994751 sec total cd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 1: <Verbatim, Store'n'go U3, 6.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 dkcsum: sd0 matches BIOS drive 0x81 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 WARNING: / was not properly unmounted umass0: at uhub4 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected sd0 detached cd1 detached scsibus1 detached umass0 detached umass0 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: Verbatim Store'n'go U3, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Verbatim, Store'n'go U3, 6.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable sd0: 973MB, 973 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 1994751 sec total cd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 1: <Verbatim, Store'n'go U3, 6.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable umass0: at uhub4 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected sd0 detached cd1 detached scsibus1 detached umass0 detached umass0 at uhub4 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 umass0: Verbatim Store'n'go U3, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Verbatim, Store'n'go U3, 6.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable sd0: 973MB, 973 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 1994751 sec total cd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 1: <Verbatim, Store'n'go U3, 6.16> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable On 9/3/06, Melameth, Daniel D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Harpalus a Como wrote: > > I just purchased an Acer 3624WXCi laptop, and I discovered that > > OpenBSD does not recognize the built-in wireless adapter. I want to > > purchase a well-supported, quality wireless card, but I have been > > unable to find enough information on this. Does anybody have any > > recommendations for a well-supported PCMCIA wireless card that > > supports a/b/g, and has good range? Many thanks in advance. > > Many laptops allow you to replace the built-in wireless mini-PCI > card--so this is a route as well. While others have had some success > with ral (I haven't), the venerable wi still seems to be the most > mature/stable.