Hi Ben,

On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 05:44 -0700, Ben wrote:
> I have a Sony Vaio, VGN-FE21 and was trying to install Solaris Express
> on it. I was really let down when both the wireless and wired network
> failed to work. I scoured the internet for drivers, I couldn't find
> one as yet.

What wired ethernet card are you using?

> The network driver I am looking for is for : Intel PRO/Wireless 3945
> ABG. Is this supported in Solaris at all?? I thought it was one of the
> popular wireless device for laptops, and it's a shame if Solaris is
> not supporting that by now.

There's some threads over on laptop-discuss about this very card. It
does indeed appear to be popular, but isn't yet supported. I believe
it's work in progress though. More at:

http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/2007-March/004775.html


        cheers,
                        tim
-- 
Tim Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc, Solaris Engineering Ops
http://blogs.sun.com/timf


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