I think the cheapest (Wireless-N 2230) is ok because they all are 300 Mbit/s and OpenBSD doesn't support bluetooth.
And you would recommend iwn and not something else? On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 11:27:54PM +0100, Tom Van Looy wrote: > > Hi > > > > My laptop (HP ProBook 6560b) has a Broadcom BCM4313 wifi card. Seems like > > it's not supported (there is also a thread on misc@ about this card). > > > > I want to buy a new card. What mini PCI express card is the best card you > > can buy? > > > > For example, there are a lot of cards in the iwn driver. I can buy a > "Intel > > Centrino Ultimate-N 6300" or "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235" for around > 30 > > euro, but I can also buy a "Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230" for 13 euro > > Any of the above should work with iwn(4). I'd suggest to get one of these, > whichever matches your budget and requirements best. > > Note that some laptop brands have an artificial limitation where they > refuse to boot if the wireless card has a PCI ID unknown to the BIOS. > Not sure if this is a problem with HP but Lenovo Thinkpads do have this > problem. In these cases the card needs to be compatible with both the > laptop and OpenBSD. > > > or something non Intel like "Realtek RTL8192CE" for 20 euro. > > This Realtek PCI card is not supported yet. Its USB dongle cousins are > supported by urtwn(4). But the PCI ones don't work, unfortunately. > > > They all should be supported, but I'm not sure what to expect. Any > > suggestions? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Tom
