Re: FBSD48 on IBM R40+WLAN CISCO Mini PCI Adapter = np?
"Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]>
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> From: lars <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 22:30:07 +0200 > Sender: [email protected] > > Hi all, > > I'm planning on buying an IBM TP R40. > > 1 Will FreeBSD 4.8 be able to drive > USB2 Probably not. USB2 is a work in progress and is not in STABLE or CURRENT at this time. > IRDA I have heard that it works, but have not confirmed this. > Sound (AC97) Works fine. (If it's an ICHn chip, which is the normal case). > RADEON 7000 Radeon 7000 is generally well supported. > 2 CISCO Aironet WLAN Supported. I assume it is the standard Mini-PCI card. If so, it will work very well. IBM has been noted for it's excellent antenna. > According to > http://lists.bawug.org/pipermail/wireless/2001-September/002548.html > WLAN works. > > I'm not sure yet whether I should get the integrated WLAN Mini PCI card > or buy an Orinico PC-Card instead. The internal card is "just there", supported out of the box, and likely has better reception than the Orinoco . I have used a number of ThinkPads, but never an R40, so this assumes commonality with other units. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"