Subject: support for various wireless cards?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 08/18/2007 15:58:13
I'm configuring a new Thinkpad T61.  The choices for wireless cards are
Thinkpad a/b/g Mini-PCIe, IntelPRO/Wireless 3945ABG, and Intel Wireless
WiFi Link 4965AGN.  Which of these are supported by NetBSD?  (I believe
the 3945 is supported by the wpi driver (plus obnoxious firmware, but
that's another matter...).)  I have no idea what the first one is.
Googling suggests that the 4965 isn't well-supported by anything,
though perhaps the Intel driver is working.  

On the other hand, it isn't clear me to me that wpa_client supports wpi
-- it's certainly not listed in the "SEE ALSO" section of
wpa_supplicant, even though ath/ipw/wi/ral/wi are.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb