[oi-dev] Lenovo N580 Wireless WiFi Card AR5B125

[G B]

 I was afraid that was the case.  It is recognized as device 'arn' but I've never ported a driver, so it would be a very steep climb and not sure I have the experience to do even port it from FreeBSD.  I checked the link you posted, and there is a driver 'atge' for Atheros 82xx.  On the OI WiFi page it shows the 'arn' driver works for a 9285 but nothing for AR5B125. 
Seems like going back to FreeBSD would be the path of least resistance.  
Thanks.
    On Monday, September 10, 2018, 5:12:23 PM CDT, Till Wegmüller <toasterson at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Hi

Unfortunately Atheros Support on Illumos is rather tiny. We have some
Atheros Cards supported until 84xx but after that you are out of luck.
The only thing one could do to make the Situation better is to port over
the freebsd dirvers. I was told it was not that difficult compared to
linux but might still be quite the chellenge if you have never done it
before. I think the current driver might also be related to the FreeBSD
one. Unless it is still from SUN times.

It might even be that the wrong driver attaches to the card.

What you could also try is http://freenicdrivers.la.coocan.jp/

Which might have some drivers for your card/series.

Greetings
Toast

On 09/10/18 07:04 PM, G B via oi-dev wrote:
> That is an Atheros.
> 
> On Monday, September 10, 2018, 11:59:55 AM CDT, G B via oi-dev
> <oi-dev at openindiana.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a Lenovo N580 laptop with a /Wireless WiFi/ Card AR5B125.  With
> OI Hipster, I can scan and see my WiFi and even connect to it, but it is
> a very inconsistent connection.  Usually I can't even ping my gateway. 
> Even If I move the laptop next to the router it will have a much better
> connection, but even it fails.
> 
> Using the same laptop and FreeBSD the connection never fails.  Not once.
> 
> Is there something I can try?  Otherwise, I'll have to reinstall with
> FreeBSD.
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