* Matthew Szudzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-14 22:17]: > > > I initially made the mistake of getting the "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi > > > wireless LAN Mini-PCIe" wireless card, but that Atheros-based card is not > > > currently supported by OpenBSD because it uses the AR5424 chipset. So I > > > had to replace it with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card--which is what > > > I > > > should have gotten in the first place. > > > > Why didn't you replace your card to one wich has free firmware? > > maybe it is better to just accept the nonfree firmware and replace the > > Intel wlan card later. Just a few ThinkPads have no intel wifi so > > it really limits your choise. > > > > The T60 has a mini-PCI Express port. The older Atheros cards with the > chipsets that OpenBSD does support are mini-PCI cards, not PCI Express. > > Also, I did not bother to try installing a non-Lenovo wireless card > because Thinkpads have a BIOS whitelist that refuses to recognize > "unauthorized" cards. Some people have modified the BIOS to solve this > problem, but the modification attempts sometimes corrupt the BIOS and make > the computer un-bootable, which I wasn't willing to risk. See
err? it is as trivial as sudo pkg_add tpwireless and running that thing once. -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
