[CDBUG-talk] Asus Eee

[James L. Lauser]

Thanks for pointing that out.  Unfortunately, the card is an Atheros 5424,
not 5412.  FreeBSD has support for the 5412 as well.

--  James L. Lauser
    james at jlauser.net
    Owner, jlauser.net Hosting Services
    http://jlauser.net/

> James,
>
> There was a post on misc@ today that seemed to indicate that the
> OpenBSD ath(4) driver might support the card.
>
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2007-11/1248.html
>
> Though I obviously can't confirm this.
>
> Anyhow I thought of you when I saw it.
>
> -Jonathan
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2007 5:59 PM, James L. Lauser <james at jlauser.net> wrote:
>> Hi all.  I picked up an Asus EeePC 701.  My intention was to put FreeBSD
>> on it, but I ran into some issues with networking.  Apparently there is
>> a beta driver for the wired NIC, but the wireless NIC is what I was
>> really trying to get working.  It's an Atheros card, but apparently the
>> version of the chipset is not supported by the ath driver, even in 7.0.
>>
>> Right now I have it running Ubuntu Linux, until I hear something about
>> someone else getting it working under FreeBSD, at which point I will
>> probably switch back.
>>
>> It's a pretty neat machine, and I'll be bringing it to the next meeting,
>> if anyone's interested.
>>
>> --
>>
>> --  James L. Lauser
>>     james at jlauser.net
>>     Owner, jlauser.net Hosting Services
>>     http://hosting.jlauser.net/
>>
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