Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN Supported on FreeBSD-8.0?

[O.Herold]

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.

Cheers, Oliver
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