Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 2200 Central / Dell Wireless 1350 802.11b/g mini PCI?
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/07/2005 11:14:54
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On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 08:00:39PM -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 May 2005 04:33 am, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> > Would that combination run NetBSD?
> >
> > -is
> Absolutly not. The chipset is Broadcom, no documentation. It's supported =
only=20
> by Windows drivers in an NDIS wrapper (availible for Linux and FreeBSD).=
=20
Well, it would run NetBSD, just not use the wireless card :)
> I recomend replacing the internal wireless.
Dell usually offer a range of mini-pci wireless cards, including their
own-badged ones with a mix of chipsets i can never keep track of, and
the intel 'centrino' 2200 and 2915 iwi(4) cards.
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Dan.
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