Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN Supported on FreeBSD-8.0?

[Gary Dunn]

On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 16:30 -0700, cassetti77 wrote:
> 
> 
> Stacey Roberts wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Oliver,
> >       Thanks for the response.
> > 
> > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:35:27 +0200
> > "O.Herold" <oliver at akephalos.de> wrote:
> > 
> >> Am Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:22:46 +0100
> >> schrieb S Roberts <stacey at vickiandstacey.com>:
> >> 
> >> > Hello,
> >> >      The wireless nic on my laptop is the Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN.
> >> > Is this card supported in FreeBSD as present? 
> >> > 
> >> > I checked the FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE Hardware Notes (at
> >> > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), and I
> >> > don't see the Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN actually listed. 
> >> > 
> >> > Looking at the online manpage for iwn, it is actually titled "Intel
> >> > Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN IEEE 802.11n driver", but then again, I
> >> > also noted that that manpage is timestamped April 13, 2008 and is
> >> > tagged for FreeBSD-7.2.
> >> > 
> >> > I'd some help, please.
> >> > 
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > 
> >> > Regards,
> >> > 
> >> > S Roberts
> >> > 
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> >> 
> >> You have to use 8-stable, then you get support for this kind of
> >> adapter.
> >> 
> > 
> > Understood - install 8-REL, the cvsup to 8-Stable.
> > 
> > Thanks again.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > S Roberts
> > 
> >> Cheers, Oliver
> > 
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> > 
> Excuse me. I have a sony vaio vgn-nw21mf too. I read your conversation, but
> i have not undertand what i do to configure my intel wifi 5100 agn. I don't
> know nothing about MFCED (google do not help me in that case ) . I download
> the Freebsd 8-release and i don't know to download a 8-stable.  Can you
> please say me what i do ? Thank you in every case .... and sorry for my
> english!!
> Best Regards
> adriano 
> 

I have the driver working perfectly on my Fujitsu T1010. You can read
about how I got it working on the Open Slate Wiki at

<http://wiki.openslate.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Operating_System:Upgrade_to_Win7_/_FreeBSD_8.0_/_Ubuntu_9.10>

Scroll down to section 4.3 :Upgrading to FreeBSD-STABLE", that's where
the fun starts.

Warning: do not use freebsd-upgrade after going to STABLE. You will bonk
your system. I speak from experience. Thankfully, roll-back saved me.

-- 
Gary Dunn, Honolulu
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