On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM, STeve Andre' <and...@msu.edu> wrote: > On Monday 02 March 2009 13:11:02 Jeff Flowers wrote: >> I recently purchased a Lenovo Ideapad S10, onto which I have >> successfully installed OpenBSD 4.4 on. Xorg self configured >> wonderfully. However, the built in Broadcom wireless chipset is not >> supported by OpenBSD, leaving me to consider the purchase of a USB >> wireless adapter. >> >> Can anyone recommend a specific adapter to buy? Basic 802.11b/g >> functionality is all I need. >> >> >> >> Thank you, > > You might want to try -current--it just might fix your problem. Lately > I've been doing a trick that annoys my Linux friends--I take their USB > wifi stick and stuff it into my thinkpad and use it. With very few > exceptions, it just works.
That's pretty funny. > I have a == $22 stick from newegg, CNet model CWD-854 which I > bought thinking it would work till my thinkpads card would work, > and it worked perfectly. its a rum(4) device. > > But try random devices. it's fun. The wireless adapter in the S10 is a Broadcom BCM4315. According to the manpage for bwi(4) for 4.5, it is not supported. Have you heard if there is forecoming support? I didn't see anything mentioned in the daily changelog. -- Jeff Flowers Florida, USA
