Re: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com wrote: Hi, I am interested in buying a laptop from the Dell Inspiron 15 series. Most of them are having a wifi card branded as 'Dell Wireless 1397'. Is there a driver for this? I would prefer a native driver, but success stories using it with NDIS or other general comments regarding the Dell Inspiron 15 series are welcome. Thanks, Nikos ___ 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 Hello, From a quick google query this card should have a Broadcom BCM43xx chipset. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On 3/10/2010 12:13 PM, George Liaskos wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Nikos Vassiliadisnvass9...@gmx.com wrote: Hi, I am interested in buying a laptop from the Dell Inspiron 15 series. Most of them are having a wifi card branded as 'Dell Wireless 1397'. Is there a driver for this? I would prefer a native driver, but success stories using it with NDIS or other general comments regarding the Dell Inspiron 15 series are welcome. Hello, From a quick google query this card should have a Broadcom BCM43xx chipset. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi Thanks, but I've already done the quick google and the not-so-quick google look. The results were not that positive. Do you know by personal experience that this card is working with bwi driver? Or at least with NDIS and amd64? Thanks, Nikos ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On 2010-03-10 11:05, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: Hi, I am interested in buying a laptop from the Dell Inspiron 15 series. Most of them are having a wifi card branded as 'Dell Wireless 1397'. Is there a driver for this? I would prefer a native driver, but success stories using it with NDIS or other general comments regarding the Dell Inspiron 15 series are welcome. Thanks, Nikos I bought a Dell Latitude 6500 two years ago. The Dell Wireless was not supported then by FreeBSD. I got an Intel card from Dell instead and the iwn driver works well. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8041 /Leslie ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com wrote: On 3/10/2010 12:13 PM, George Liaskos wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Nikos Vassiliadisnvass9...@gmx.com wrote: Hi, I am interested in buying a laptop from the Dell Inspiron 15 series. Most of them are having a wifi card branded as 'Dell Wireless 1397'. Is there a driver for this? I would prefer a native driver, but success stories using it with NDIS or other general comments regarding the Dell Inspiron 15 series are welcome. Hello, From a quick google query this card should have a Broadcom BCM43xx chipset. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi Thanks, but I've already done the quick google and the not-so-quick google look. The results were not that positive. Do you know by personal experience that this card is working with bwi driver? Or at least with NDIS and amd64? Thanks, Nikos No, i do not have this card but i trust the man pages :) I found this post : http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/4325/sl/i 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) Maybe what you find is based on experiences before May 16, 2009? Regards ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On 3/10/2010 12:41 PM, Leslie Jensen wrote: I bought a Dell Latitude 6500 two years ago. The Dell Wireless was not supported then by FreeBSD. I got an Intel card from Dell instead and the iwn driver works well. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8041 I guess you have not looked back to 'Dell Wireless 1397' with a recent FreeBSD? ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On Wednesday 10 March 2010 11:00:03 George Liaskos wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com wrote: On 3/10/2010 12:13 PM, George Liaskos wrote: On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Nikos Vassiliadisnvass9...@gmx.com wrote: Hi, I am interested in buying a laptop from the Dell Inspiron 15 series. Most of them are having a wifi card branded as 'Dell Wireless 1397'. Is there a driver for this? I would prefer a native driver, but success stories using it with NDIS or other general comments regarding the Dell Inspiron 15 series are welcome. Hello, From a quick google query this card should have a Broadcom BCM43xx chipset. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi Thanks, but I've already done the quick google and the not-so-quick google look. The results were not that positive. Do you know by personal experience that this card is working with bwi driver? Or at least with NDIS and amd64? Thanks, Nikos No, i do not have this card but i trust the man pages :) I found this post : http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/4325/sl/i 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) Maybe what you find is based on experiences before May 16, 2009? Regards ___ 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 I have 8-STABLE amd64 I have a dell vostro 1320 with a 4315 wireless and got it working with the bwn driver from HEAD (svn) and the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE) ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On 3/10/2010 1:00 PM, George Liaskos wrote: No, i do not have this card but i trust the man pages :) Me too. Yet I will not buy new/non-mainstream hardware based on the manual. Hence the question... All I am looking for is an I have and it works with FreeBSD-[89] and amd64|x86. I found this post : http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/4325/sl/i 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01) Maybe what you find is based on experiences before May 16, 2009? Yes, prior to the 8.0 release. All I find online is about failure and references about the driver being included in FreeBSD-8 branch. Nikos ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On 3/10/2010 10:50 AM, Mario Lobo wrote: I have 8-STABLE amd64 I have a dell vostro 1320 with a 4315 wireless and got it working with the bwn driver from HEAD (svn) and the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port. That's good to hear, thanks! Nikos ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On 2010-03-10 12:31, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: On 3/10/2010 12:41 PM, Leslie Jensen wrote: I bought a Dell Latitude 6500 two years ago. The Dell Wireless was not supported then by FreeBSD. I got an Intel card from Dell instead and the iwn driver works well. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8041 I guess you have not looked back to 'Dell Wireless 1397' with a recent FreeBSD? ___ No! I think you can alter the configuration of the pc before you buy it. So the cost should not be so big. I think I payed about 20$ extra for the Intel card. /Leslie ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
in message 201003100850.58321.l...@bsd.com.br, wrote Mario Lobo thusly... ... I have 8-STABLE amd64 I have a dell vostro 1320 with a 4315 wireless and got it working with the bwn driver from HEAD (svn) and the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port. Mario, do WPA WPA2 work with the card? - parv -- ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
2010/3/10 Nikos Vassiliadis: All I am looking for is an I have and it works with FreeBSD-[89] and amd64|x86. #pciconf -lvcb no...@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x137d103c chip=0x431514e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4310 USB Controller' class = network bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xd820, size 16384, enabled cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0 cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120) cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint FreeBSD 8.0 i386 WLAN works fine via NDIS with WPA2 -- Sergei ___ 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: is there a native driver for 'Dell Wireless 1397'?
On Wednesday 10 March 2010 14:49:59 p...@pair.com wrote: in message 201003100850.58321.l...@bsd.com.br, wrote Mario Lobo thusly... ... I have 8-STABLE amd64 I have a dell vostro 1320 with a 4315 wireless and got it working with the bwn driver from HEAD (svn) and the net/bwn-firmware-kmod port. Mario, do WPA WPA2 work with the card? - parv WEP - yes WPA - not tested WPA2 - not tested -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE) ___ 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
