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Old 13th July 2011
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Originally Posted by sd1965 View Post
Computer will not establish an ongoing connection for internet access. When trying to connect the computer pauses then displays "bwi0: no link...... sleeping".
In addition to jggimi's comments, I see that there have been changes made to the code base of the bwi(4) driver since OpenBSD 4.5 was released. In particular, changes have been made to:
  • src/sys/dev/ic/bwi.c
  • src/sys/dev/pci/if_bwi_pci.c
...relating to ACPI suspend/resume. The firmware however still is at version 1.4.

Whether or not these changes (& manual installation of the firmware...) will lead to a working configuration on your hardware is unknown. Given that OpenBSD 4.5 is no longer supported, you should either update or simply install a fresh copy of OpenBSD 4.9.
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Internet connection works fine with XP.
Microsoft frequently enters nondisclosure agreements with vendors, & prominent vendors will send staff to Redmond at some point during product development to finalize various issues. The point here is that both sides have a contractual agreement in which they use to ensure that drivers do or do not work, & details of what was done to make software work remain confidential.

The OpenBSD project doesn't work on nondisclosure agreements (whereas some Linux drivers are products of NDA's with selected developers...). In the OpenBSD world, drivers are based upon freely available document or from whatever can be discerned through reverse engineering. The result is that wireless card support may be lacking in comparison to other projects which benefit from NDA contracts.
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