[ug-glug] opensolaris and wifi

[Chip Bennett]

Sounds like an opportunity.

Chip

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ug-glug-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:ug-glug-
> bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Eric Boutilier
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:03 PM
> To: Frank Pittel
> Cc: ug-glug at opensolaris.org
> Subject: Re: [ug-glug] opensolaris and wifi
> 
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Frank Pittel wrote:
> > I've recently decided to break open the piggy bank and
> > got a Dell laptop. It's an XPS M1530 with as memory serves
> > broadcom 4312 wifi adaptor. I was thinking of loading opensolaris
> > on it but would only be interested in doing so if there was a chance
> > of getting wifi to work. How is opensolaris about working on laptops
> > and wifi?
> >
> > Frank
> >
> 
> Conventional wisdom is to avoid Broadcom I'm afraid. You can get it to
> work with "NDIS wrapper" technology and maybe other methods, but I
> personally don't think it's worth it. FWIW, the last I heard, Atheros
> was the most popular chipset among opensolaris laptop users. But there
> are other good options, e.g. I use the wpi driver for the Intel 3945
> Chipset that's in my Sun-issue Sony Vaio.
> 
> But most importantly, the canonical site for laptop wifi is here:
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/
> 
> Eric
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