Install minipci wifi card...

[chemlud]

Hi!

Have here an

OPENVOX IPC110 board

and an older

Intel WM3945ABG wifi card (Dell P/N 0PC193)

and want to run the wifi card on this board. :-)

Found this here:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/6443/

..but I'm not sure if I need to do the edits to BSD system files to make the card work. And have no idea how (console as root? Is there any decent editor installed, like nano? Don't want to fight with vi... :- ( )

Any suggestion on how to make this work?

Many thanks in advance!

[monstermania]

Hi,
the card should work with freebsd: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wpi&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+8.1-RELEASE
The driver/card only support one wireless interface!

But keep in mind: WIFI and freebsd is PITA! 

best regards
Dirk

PS: I suggest wifi cards with Atheros Chipsets (i.E. Compex WLX200). With this card there are many success storys running with pfsense/opnsense

[chemlud]

Hi again! :-)

Yeah, maybe, but I only have Intel and (broadcom...) Intel will be better try, huh? ;-)

But I need to edit these system files to make it work with opnsense? Or plug and pray?

[Micky]

Hey,

i'm using 3 Systems with Compex WLX200 without any problems.

Gr. M.

[chemlud]

Could anybody out there please confirm that it's necessary to modify opnsense system files to make miniPCI wifi card work?

Could not get the card detected yet... Or do I have to fiddle around in BIOS settings (to be honest, didn't find anything meaningful there...)

[monstermania]

Hi chemlud,
what HW information do you get when you open a shell on OPNsense?
dmesg
or
pciconf -l / pciconf -lv

Do you see your wifi card tnto output?
My old Lexcom 3V700D hardware also have a mPCI-slot. But this slot connects only usb-devices!

best regards
Dirk