Wireless on Dell Latitude D630

[Vladimir Botka]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:30:26 -0300
Duane Whitty <duane at nofroth.com> wrote:

> On 17-07-31 01:24 PM, Vladimir Botka wrote:
> > Hi Duane,
> > 
> > On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:19:27 -0300 Duane Whitty <duane at nofroth.com>
> > wrote:  
> >> Hi, Polytropon, in an earlier thread on this list (FreeBSD 11.1,
> >> Xfce, and laptop screen and external monitor resolution) you
> >> mentioned you were using a Dell Latitude D630.  Do you have the
> >> wireless working under FreeBSD on that machine?  I am writing
> >> this email from D630. Anyone else please feel free to respond as
> >> well. Best Regards, Duane  
> > 
> > This "machine came pre-equipped with the Intel 3945 Wireless card".
> > If this is also your case (check with "pciconf -lv") you might want
> > to try wpi driver. https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wpi
> > HTH, Cheers! -vlado
> >   
> 
> Mine has the Broadcom adapter:
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g
> WLAN (rev 01)
> Had to switch to Linux a few years ago to get it working.  Had always
> used FreeBSD on other machines before this though.
> Best Regards,
> Duane

Then you might want to try the bwn driver
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?bwn(4)

Best Regards,

	-vlado
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