Laptop recommendations for 6.x

Kevin Oberman oberman at es.net
Wed Feb 21 05:02:00 UTC 2007


> Dan Langille writes:
>  > On 20 Feb 2007 at 11:11, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>  > 
>  > > > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 +0000
>  > > > From: Nik Clayton <nik at freebsd.org>
>  > 
>  > > >    * No WiFi
>  > > 
>  > > Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and
>  > > works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop.
>  > 
>  > Nik: I bought one of those, direct from IBM.  It hss worked 
>  > flawlessly on my T41.
>  > 
> 
> Does the T42 bios support *any* Atheros card, or just the ones that
> IBM sells?

Probably just those they sold, but they did not modify them in any way, so any of the same models that they used will work. Mine is:
"AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless"
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