Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
From: Waitman Gobble gobble...@gmail.com To: Chris devnullacco...@yahoo.se Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop On Aug 29, 2012 8:44 AM, Chris devnullacco...@yahoo.se wrote: Hi, I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install), but I'm failling as it has been at least 5 years since I used with wifi under FreeBSD. The card is not automatically detected (interface not listed in ifconfig) so I'm assuming I have to either load a kernel module or go the NDIS path. It seems like on Windows, the same driver is used for E430, E435, E530 and E535, so in case anyone is using one of these models, please let me know if have things running. So some questions that might point me in the right direction: - How can I find out which type of card this laptop actually has (can I read it out of dmesg, some PCI listing or whatever)? All I can find are product sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but doesn't help me to find a driver. I Is there some meta-module that loads all the native wifi drivers that I can use that I can test? - If I need to use NDIS emulation, does anyone think it will work for this model/card? Windows drivers can be found here http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/default.page). The handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html#CONFIG-NETWORK-NDIS) says I need Win XP drivers, is that old text or do I need that? I can't find XP drivers on the lenovo page... - If NDIS should be possible, how do I extract the .sys and .inf file from the exe that I downloaded from the URL above (I don't have any Windows machine right now). TIA, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org hi, you can usually find replacement wifi cards for your model on ebay, this can give you an idea of the chipset. also, you could always pull off the panel and look at the card. ndis can be tricky because it needs an older 32 bit driver, and you need to run a 32 bit version of FreeBSD. a good solution is to find a ralink or atheros card on ebay and swap it out, usually will cost less than 10 bucks USD. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA Hi Waltman, jb and Daniel, (sorry for not replying to the latest email in the thread, something is wrong with my email account) Thanks very much for the help, it is really appreciated. I called Lenovo support and the only info they had was that it was an Intel card, so that's the same info as jb had tracked down (and I also found myself). Using pciconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have: none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x060814e4 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller' class = network As per the release notes for 9.0 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), the bwn(4) driver be the one to use. Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted. if_bwn_load=YES wlan_wep_load=YES wlan_ccmp_load=YES wlan_tkip_load=YES (also tried the bwi(4) driver instead of bwn) I still don't get anything in dmesg or ifconfig. So either I have missed some step, or this specific card isn't supported by the bwn/bwi drivers. Anyone have any further ideas? If not, I'll try to track down some USB WLAN card that is supported, as I've also heard the same thing as Daniel, i.e. that non-Lenovo cards are blocked by the BIOS if you try to replace the default one. BR, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote: Using pciconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have: none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x060814e4 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller' class = network As per the release notes for 9.0 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), the bwn(4) driver be the one to use. Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted. if_bwn_load=YES wlan_wep_load=YES wlan_ccmp_load=YES wlan_tkip_load=YES The last three are included in the GENERIC kernel. The bwi and bwn drivers need firmware, which is provided by the net/bwi-firmware-kmod and net/bwn-firmware-kmod ports. So install whichever is appropriate. I think the driver tries to load the right firmware automatically, but haven't tried a Broadcom in a while, and it might still be necessary to load the firmware module in /boot/loader.conf. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
- Original Message - From: Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com To: Chris devnullacco...@yahoo.se Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Waitman Gobble gobble...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote: Using pciconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have: none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x060814e4 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller' class = network As per the release notes for 9.0 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), the bwn(4) driver be the one to use. Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted. if_bwn_load=YES wlan_wep_load=YES wlan_ccmp_load=YES wlan_tkip_load=YES The last three are included in the GENERIC kernel. The bwi and bwn drivers need firmware, which is provided by the net/bwi-firmware-kmod and net/bwn-firmware-kmod ports. So install whichever is appropriate. I think the driver tries to load the right firmware automatically, but haven't tried a Broadcom in a while, and it might still be necessary to load the firmware module in /boot/loader.conf. ___ Hi Warren, thanks. Tried with the firmware as well but no better luck. On closer inspection of the bwn manual, it seems like the 4313 is not on the list of suppored versions. What I did find though was that it is supposedly possible to get working using NDIS (even with amd64) as per this PC-BSD wiki page http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing I might try the NDIS, but will first see if I can find a USB card as the 'net seems to be full of talk about instability of the NDIS driver for the 4313. Thanks to everyone for the help! BR, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
On Aug 30, 2012 7:17 AM, Chris devnullacco...@yahoo.se wrote: - Original Message - From: Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com To: Chris devnullacco...@yahoo.se Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Waitman Gobble gobble...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:58 PM Subject: Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Chris wrote: Using pciconf as per jb's hint tells me it is a broadcom I have: none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x060814e4 chip=0x472714e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller' class = network As per the release notes for 9.0 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), the bwn(4) driver be the one to use. Added the following to my /boot/loader.conf following the instructions in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html and rebooted. if_bwn_load=YES wlan_wep_load=YES wlan_ccmp_load=YES wlan_tkip_load=YES The last three are included in the GENERIC kernel. The bwi and bwn drivers need firmware, which is provided by the net/bwi-firmware-kmod and net/bwn-firmware-kmod ports. So install whichever is appropriate. I think the driver tries to load the right firmware automatically, but haven't tried a Broadcom in a while, and it might still be necessary to load the firmware module in /boot/loader.conf. ___ Hi Warren, thanks. Tried with the firmware as well but no better luck. On closer inspection of the bwn manual, it seems like the 4313 is not on the list of suppored versions. What I did find though was that it is supposedly possible to get working using NDIS (even with amd64) as per this PC-BSD wiki page http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Wireless_Testing I might try the NDIS, but will first see if I can find a USB card as the 'net seems to be full of talk about instability of the NDIS driver for the 4313. Thanks to everyone for the help! BR, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org it would be cool if the 4313 worked, i've got a couple of those sitting around here. ill check out that link, thanks. as far as usb goes, I recommend an ralink based device, like older d_link dongles. (i think anything new on the shelf is using atheros, usb support not working afaik) ... all the usb ralink devices I found on ebay work perfectly. (there are even some that have a boosted range of 3km lol) as far as the bios whitelist, I have an hp with that kind of problem. there are several ways around it, but they are all dirty/suspect. luckily I found an ralink that sailed through the detection. you should be able to find out what lenovo sells as replacement parts to get an idea of what they /approve/ Waitman Gobble San Jose California ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
Hi, I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install), but I'm failling as it has been at least 5 years since I used with wifi under FreeBSD. The card is not automatically detected (interface not listed in ifconfig) so I'm assuming I have to either load a kernel module or go the NDIS path. It seems like on Windows, the same driver is used for E430, E435, E530 and E535, so in case anyone is using one of these models, please let me know if have things running. So some questions that might point me in the right direction: - How can I find out which type of card this laptop actually has (can I read it out of dmesg, some PCI listing or whatever)? All I can find are product sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but doesn't help me to find a driver. I Is there some meta-module that loads all the native wifi drivers that I can use that I can test? - If I need to use NDIS emulation, does anyone think it will work for this model/card? Windows drivers can be found here http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/default.page). The handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html#CONFIG-NETWORK-NDIS) says I need Win XP drivers, is that old text or do I need that? I can't find XP drivers on the lenovo page... - If NDIS should be possible, how do I extract the .sys and .inf file from the exe that I downloaded from the URL above (I don't have any Windows machine right now). TIA, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
On Aug 29, 2012 8:44 AM, Chris devnullacco...@yahoo.se wrote: Hi, I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install), but I'm failling as it has been at least 5 years since I used with wifi under FreeBSD. The card is not automatically detected (interface not listed in ifconfig) so I'm assuming I have to either load a kernel module or go the NDIS path. It seems like on Windows, the same driver is used for E430, E435, E530 and E535, so in case anyone is using one of these models, please let me know if have things running. So some questions that might point me in the right direction: - How can I find out which type of card this laptop actually has (can I read it out of dmesg, some PCI listing or whatever)? All I can find are product sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but doesn't help me to find a driver. I Is there some meta-module that loads all the native wifi drivers that I can use that I can test? - If I need to use NDIS emulation, does anyone think it will work for this model/card? Windows drivers can be found here http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/default.page). The handbook ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html#CONFIG-NETWORK-NDIS) says I need Win XP drivers, is that old text or do I need that? I can't find XP drivers on the lenovo page... - If NDIS should be possible, how do I extract the .sys and .inf file from the exe that I downloaded from the URL above (I don't have any Windows machine right now). TIA, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org hi, you can usually find replacement wifi cards for your model on ebay, this can give you an idea of the chipset. also, you could always pull off the panel and look at the card. ndis can be tricky because it needs an older 32 bit driver, and you need to run a 32 bit version of FreeBSD. a good solution is to find a ralink or atheros card on ebay and swap it out, usually will cost less than 10 bucks USD. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
Chris devnullaccount at yahoo.se writes: ... I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install) ... http://support.lenovo.com/en_GB/product-and-parts/detail.page?DocID=PD024684 Communications Network ThinkPad 1x1 11b/g/n PCIe Half Mini Card ThinkPad 11b/g/n PCIe Half Mini Card 1x1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth combo adapter Intel Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth combo adapter Bluetooth 4.0 wireless There is a product ref file: http://www.lenovo.com/psref/ http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/edgebook.pdf search for E530 3259. These entries will be probably useless, but here they are: $ dmesg -a | less $ dmesg | grep -i wireless Example: $ pciconf -lv |grep -i wireless ... wpi0@pci0:3:0:0:class=0x028000 card=0x10118086 chip=0x42278086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection' class = network ... Note: that wpi in top line is a driver name. $ lshal |grep -i wireless I searched Google but no luck. Get a recent Live CD or DVD from any Linux distro (Knoppix, Fedora, etc). jb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wifi for Lenovo Laptop
On 2012-08-29 11:42, Chris wrote: Hi, I've tried to search the lists but can't find anything, but please point me to an existing resource if available. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 (3259-9VG) laptop and would like to get the Wifi card running (fresh FreeBSD 9.0 install), but I'm failling as it has been at least 5 years since I used with wifi under FreeBSD. The card is not automatically detected (interface not listed in ifconfig) so I'm assuming I have to either load a kernel module or go the NDIS path. It seems like on Windows, the same driver is used for E430, E435, E530 and E535, so in case anyone is using one of these models, please let me know if have things running. So some questions that might point me in the right direction: - How can I find out which type of card this laptop actually has (can I read it out of dmesg, some PCI listing or whatever)? All I can find are product sheets saying that it has 11b/g/n, but doesn't help me to find a driver. I Is there some meta-module that loads all the native wifi drivers that I can use that I can test? There's a couple of different Wifi options for that machine, so which one you have may make a difference. There looks to be some information on identifying which card you have here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Wireless_Network_Adapters (Though they don't have your model listed yet, I think it's a new model...) I'm guessing you probably have a 'Thinkpad' card, which recently has been Realtek, but you'd have to check that. Note that replacing it with a generic mini-PCI wireless card may not work: Lenovo has been known to have their BIOS only recognize 'official' replacement parts. Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
