How to know the name of my wifi card,ip command doesn't work
sysctl net.wlan.devices
Andriy
Anonymous
Generally you don't need to install drivers from ports, base has most of them, except for AMD/Nvidia and others but that's rare.
Mine is a Qualcomm atheros wifi card
Krond
Or just no driver loaded.
Anonymous
I just have a base install of FreeBSD, I installed wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd from chroot. Now I can use my smartphone for internet. But I need to find out how wifi works
Andriy
you can try if_ath_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
Anonymous
How to add services like dhcpcd to default or boot runlevel?
Anonymous
Sorry for these noob questions, I'm new to BSDs
Andriy
for starters Handbook is really usefull
Eliab/Andi
for starters Handbook is really usefull
indeed ;) but we're trying to help as best we can
Anonymous
I think my wifi card won't work with BSD
Anonymous
Hello
Do you have a date for the stable version of freebsd 13.
Sincerely
ɴꙩᴍᴀᴅ
@Healthy_Sinner
with your driver enabled, at /etc/rc.conf:
wlans_iwm0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
background_dhclient="YES"
Eliab/Andi
Hello
Do you have a date for the stable version of freebsd 13.
Sincerely
probably End of March
Anonymous
ɴꙩᴍᴀᴅ
you can try if_ath_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
@Healthy_Sinner like this. There are some options
Anonymous
With freebsd 13 rc3, freebsd takes a step forward.
The installer and options are great.
ɴꙩᴍᴀᴅ
I already did this
Well that's for an atheros card. If you already checked that you have one of them, a simple reboot should do the work.
After that you can try and run:
$ ifconfig
And check what's in the list. Does the card appear?
Anonymous
Btw it was ath10k_pci on Linux
ɴꙩᴍᴀᴅ
Which WiFi version(protocol?) does the laptop card has? I have a laptop with a newer 8822BEBT that didn't work last time I tried it
Anonymous
Anonymous
I think I should go back to Gentoo, using FreeBSD for a few hours was a nice experience. I'll try it again when I change my machine
Anonymous
I was tempted by FreeBSD ports but since my wifi card isn't working how will I try it 😂
Anonymous
Nvm, I'll try it using my phone😂
Anonymous
@n0madcoder will newer versions of BSD support my wifi card like CURRENT?
Krond
Yeah, probably not supported, at least can't find it on 12-STABLE.
Anonymous
FreeBSD is a rolling release or point release?
Anonymous
enmmmm
Anonymous
Will try FreeBSD 13 or 14 tomorrow,for now I'm playing with ports collection
ɴꙩᴍᴀᴅ
Lemme try 14
CURRENT is where active development happens. New drivers and such are tested in that branch. Maybe the exact driver for your WiFi card isn't there yet, but it'll arrive sooner or later.
ɴꙩᴍᴀᴅ
FreeBSD is a rolling release or point release?
For CURRENT branch, you have to build it from source each time changes are made in the source-control. For the RELEASE, just using internal tools like freebsd-update && upgrade can upgrade your whole system without needing a fresh reinstall
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@n0madcoder will newer versions of BSD support my wifi card like CURRENT?
you could check hardware support on BSD's here: https://bsd-hardware.info/
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tough that device isnt supported you could look there to see if some freebsd version includes it some day
Jay
I was tempted by FreeBSD ports but since my wifi card isn't working how will I try it 😂
Post relevant dmesg entry. Or just buy a working usb wifi for $5
Anonymous
https://protonvpn.com/support/installing-protonvpn-on-a-router/
Anonymous
I'll be back when I switch my laptop xD
Anonymous
Does bcm4313 wifi works on freebsd?
Lee
hardware list
Lee
you can find what you want
Anonymous
not found
Anonymous
but google search someone can drive it
Lee
you can use freebsd boot your pc，then into console ， input ‘ ifconfig ‘
Anonymous
https://blog.cochard.me/2012/10/using-bcm4313-wireless-chip-under.html?m=1
Anonymous
but this website show 404
Lee
Ifconfig
Lee
Anonymous
Lee
you have a cable nic ? re0
Anonymous
re0 is RTL810X
Anonymous
Lee
If have driver you must load by yourself
kub-kun
bruh why didn't you setup wifi during installation proces?
Anonymous
it seems that freebsd doesn't support this bcm4313 card.
Lee
You can change your wirelesscard
Sinchiroca
it seems that freebsd doesn't support this bcm4313 card.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202501
Yeah.
frankie
Anybody successfully running freebsd on dell xps 15?
Anonymous
I think dell is not so bad for compatibility
Mikhail
Mikhail
it seems that freebsd doesn't support this bcm4313 card.
https://landonf.org/code/freebsd/Broadcom_WiFi_Improvements.20180122.html
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Hello! I am trying to install the bwn driver in nomadbsd and I have faillled several times
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?bwn(4)
can anyone help me?
my first basic problem is that i cannot find the kernel configuration file XD
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Hello
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I already asked there
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I didnt arrive to a solution
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I come from linux
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so I am pretty new to the bsd world