Re: Install on a new Laptop
Ron Freidel <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:49:05 +1000 Phillip J Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > Wireless device : Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter > I have read that I need to download and install a third party driver > from http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/index.html > But to install the driver I have to upgrade to CURRENT, something I > am not really keen on as I am not a developer/hacker. Are there any > other alternatives out there? The download page for the ipw driver gives you several options, one tarball is for 5.X the other is for 6.X. I have ipw-freebsd-1.6.4 running just fine with 5.4-RC3, it works just as well with 5.3. It is well documented, there is a good forum as well. Kismet works with it too. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"