FBSD & Broadcom BCM94306

[Radek Kozlowski]

On 2004.04.11 21:00, Aaron Walker wrote:
> I installed FreeBSD (5.2.1) on a laptop for the first time yesterday and
> so far everything has worked flawlessly.
> 
> I have a HP Pavilion ze4630us that has a NatSemi 10/100 NIC as well as a
> Broadcom BCM94306 802.11g chip.  I've checked out the Hardware Notes for
> 5.2.1 and not suprisingly (since there isn't even a native linux driver
> yet) it wasn't on the list.  I am able to get the chip working under
> Linux via ndiswrapper which basically loads the windows driver for it.  
> 
> Is there anything like this available for FreeBSD?  I am crossing my
> fingers, as I don't want to have to reboot to Linux everytime I need to
> leave my desk and need network access.  Is my only alternative
> purchasing a supported 802.11g PCMCIA card?  If so, any recommendations?
> 
> Thanks for your time.

I'm running today's CURRENT with ndis succesfully on Pavilion ze4430us, 
so I suggest you go for it.

-Radek