Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Flowers
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

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread Jonathan Schleifer
The D-Link DWL-122 works fine for me, although it's only b and not g. If that's ok with you, it seems to be one of the best supported USB WiFi Sticks on OpenBSD. -- Jonathan [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of PGP.sig]

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Flowers
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

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread Bryan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164037 This one attaches to rum(4). Solid as a rock regarding WPA2. It does get a tad warm though... and the external antenna is nice... Regards, Bryan On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Jonathan Schleifer js-openbsd-m...@webkeks.org

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread STeve Andre'
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

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread new_guy
, there are chipsets to avoid entirely. RealTek 8185 for example and many times you have *no idea* what some of the less expensive cards are using this week. I've bought identical Encore cards two months apart. They had different chipsets. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Wireless-USB

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread STeve Andre'
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

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread STeve Andre'
On Monday 02 March 2009 15:00:31 new_guy wrote: STeve Andre' wrote: 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

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread Gerald Thornberry
I use a Zonet ZEW2500P, which has a Ralink RT2570 chipset (ural). It costs US$30 or less. Download and pkg_add the firmware mentioned in the man page and it just works. However, while the adapter itself is small (like flip-phone small) it requires a USB cable. It's not a stick like the

Re: Wireless USB Adapters For OpenBSD

2009-03-02 Thread Maxwell J. Koo
I have the same model, and recently just purchased a new wireless card from ebay for $20, mine being the intel 5100 (supported by iwn in current) The mini pci-e slot is to the left of the touchpad and 4 screws away from access. I tested it with an intel 4965 card from another notebook before