Nintendo Wii WLAN support (was Re: Nintendo WII: is wifi supported?)

[Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

Hi Noe --

I just added support for the Nintendo Wii WLAN adapter to -current:

  https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2025/01/19/msg155253.html

You will need to update your kernel and follow the instructions from the 
bwi(4) man page to install the firmware:

  # ftp http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/bwi/v3.tbz
  # mkdir /libdata/firmware/bwi
  # tar -C /libdata/firmware/bwi -jxvf v3.tbz

Then configure and enable wpa_supplicant:

  # wpa_passphrase myssid mypassword >>/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
  # echo 'wpa_supplicant=YES' >>/etc/rc.conf
  # service wpa_supplicant start

Let me know how it goes!

Take care,
Jared

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am successfully running NetBSD 10.99.12 on a Nintendo Wii (NetBSD/evbppc).
> I would like to enable the wifi, but ifconfig -a only shows the
> loopback interface and in the output of dmesg I cannot identify
> anything relevant.
>
> Is the Wii's wifi supported by NetBSD? If it is, how can I configure it?
>
> Thanks in advance.