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NetBSD + old laptop adventure
Perhaps a fun weekend project if you're looking to revitalize an old laptop w/ wireless: NetBSD 4.0 seems to be running like a champ on my old Dell Latitude CPx. I purchased a low end D-Link pcmcia wireless adapter for it, which NetBSD detected without problems.
Wireless / WPA setup is nicely documented in the wiki: http://wiki.netbsd.se/index.php/How_...cted_using_WPA A few simple lines to add to /etc/rc.conf (and /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf) and you're ready. Worth checking out if you would like to try something different.
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That's funny -- my experience was somewhat similar. My wireless adapter is a WNA-1330 (basically whatever was on sale at officemax or officedepot). NetBSD 4.0 instantly recognized it, and getting WPA set up couldn't have been simpler.
On the other hand, the pcmcia (wired) ethernet adapter that came with the laptop had all kinds of issues. It is a Xircom, which I understand is perhaps not very nice hardware, but only NetBSD had a problem with it. (FreeBSD, no prob; GNU/Linux, no prob; Windows, no prob...). The xi(4) manpage BUGS section reads: Quote:
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NetBSD 3.0 macppc installs painlessly on a Powerbook G3 Bronze Keyboard (Lombard). I used it as a springboard before permanently installing OpenBSD 4.1-release then -current on the thing. That laptop uses an Orinoco Gold(b) PCMCIA card for wireless.
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my laptops adventures, hp omnibook 800 , freebsd and openbsd can not run here , compaq armada 600 & ibm thinkpad t40. my current HW s an Asus pundit. I'm tired of having fans or laptops and I got a fit-pc. http://www.fit-pc.com/new/ I am going to burn netbsd on it today. I let u know later, Reg /T Last edited by tonyex; 8th July 2008 at 11:32 AM. |
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