Re: Acer 4720Z and Atheros wireless card

"Ruben Gutierrez" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi All,

I have a similar laptop, Acer 4520, and I believe it has the same
Wireless card. In my case, I was able to compile a working module by
using following the instructions found in
http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD but using this other version of the
MadWifi drivers:
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar.gz

Hope it helps.

Ruben Gutierrez



On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Manolis Kiagias <[email protected]> wrote:
> Isaac MacFarlane wrote:
>>
>> Hello all. I am trying to find a *NIX system that will work with this
>> system. Mandriva calls the card an AR5006 and Vista said it was an AR5007.
>> Vista worked fine for about a month or so, but I have decided I want to go
>> all free on my systems. Mandriva will work with the card but locks up
>> after
>> a few hours requiring a restart. Not really acceptable. And it is the best
>> I
>> found in the Linux world. Would any of the BSD systems work with this
>> card?
>> Any recommendations would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Isaac MacFarlane
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>
> I believe this will work if you follow the instructions to build a custom
> kernel, as in the eeepc:
>
> http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD
>
> However, this will not be the easiest task if you are not familiar with
> FreeBSD in general.
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