On Monday 02 March 2009 13:50:21 Jeff Flowers wrote: > 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.
Nope, my bad. Shoulda looked at the code before mentioning -current. Sorry. So for now, grab a usb card from a friend and verify it works and sneak out with it.^U. --STeve Andre'
