On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Marc Lobelle <marc.lobe...@uclouvain.be> wrote: > Good morning all of you, > > I'm new to this list but using various versions of SunOS and Solaris since > the eighties, the last years mainly solarisx86 and opensolaris on servers, > desktops and laptops. > > I have let several useful add-ons be developed over the years by my master > students as master theses, such as camera support, IP over usb, and recently > wifi authentication with EAP-TTLS and EAP-PEAP. > Unfortunately the opensolaris version used as starting point for the last > development is not available anymore. > > Actually, I'm not too happy with the apparent changes of policy of Oracle in > comparison with what SUN used to do in recent years, so, I'm trying to > switch to openindiana. > > As a first step, I would like to move to open indiana, my hp mini 5101. I > tried last WE and first I asked the available tool if the hardware of this > netbook is supported. The answer was yes except the 3 network interfaces > (marvel Yucon gigabit interface, broadcom 4322AGN wifi interface and HP > un2400 3G interface) which would mean that openindiana is completely useless > on this computer. > > However, on http://wiki.openindiana.org:8080/display/oi/Ethernet+Networking, > one says the the yge driver supports the Marvel Yucon interface > > on http://wiki.openindiana.org:8080/display/oi/WiFi, I do not see any > support for the Broadcom interface > > So my questions are: > 1. should yge work with the marvel Yucon88E8072 interface of the 5101 > 2. are there drivers nearly ready to be announced for the broadcom 4322AGN > wifi interface and HP un2400 3G interface ? and, if not, are there other > cards that are supported: I assume that these little cards can easily be > replaced if I remove the keyboard.
Most likely. In the meantime, you could find one of the zydas zd1211b USB wifi adapters. They work quite well. > 3. When all this wil work, should I try to port the EAPTTLS/EAP PEAP > developments to openIndiana or is somebopdy else already busy with this.µ Boy, that is great news. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
