Internet Connection on laptop

[funfreak2k2]

Just a few days ago I installed PCBSD 7.1.1 on a partition of my laptop. There is win 7 on the other partition. I use USB wireless Internet (which looks like a pen drive) and it works well on windows. But when I insert the stick in the USB drive on PCBSD, the computer simply stops responding. Only the mouse moves but nothing is clickable and nothing happens.

When I insert a pendrive, its ok and I can transfer files to and from the pen drive.

I tried installing LAN drivers, network drivers etc but it says they are all installed.

My laptop configuration is this:

Lenovo:

Intel dual core
1GB Ram
80GB hard drive
Intel 945 graphics card
Broadcom network controller

When I try to add a network, it shows the Broadcom network and doesnt let me add new connection.

How do I solve this problem?

Pls some one help me.

Thanks.

[Cobalt]

For the USB freeze problem, insert the adapter before PC-BSD boots. I'm not sure about the 'add network' problem, but generally you only need to add a network connection, not an ad-hoc system. In System Settings under Network Settings, you can set a network connection up by using an interface (i.e. Ethernet, Wi-Fi.) Here's a list of adapters known to work with FreeBSD, which PC-BSD is based off: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/hardware.html#WLAN

[Oko]

Just a few days ago I installed PCBSD 7.1.1 on a partition of my laptop. There is win 7 on the other partition. I use USB wireless Internet (which looks like a pen drive) and it works well on windows.



What makes you think that FreeBSD is supporting that USB wireless hardware? Did you check hardware compatibility list?

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/hardware.html






Broadcom network controller



Broadcom is Wintel specific hardware. There are few drivers ported from OpenBSD to FreeBSD 8.0 for some Broadcom chip-sets which were reversed engineered by OpenBSD people (despite fierce treats of lawsuits from Broadcom corporation) but for all practical purposes if you want to use Broadcom network hardware you need to use Windows.

[funfreak2k2]

Thank u very much cobalt and oko.

I just checked my device information with the manufacturer. its an EVDO.
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/productFeatures.do?pinfoId=2166&directoryId=2582&treeId=582

I am checking the HCL also.

Hope to solve this.

will post the development again.