Folks,
Can someone give me a read on support for Realtek WiFi cards -- specifically
the support for the 8723BE? I'm thinking it's along the lines of
"ba-ha-ha-ha-ha you're joking right?". It's not critical for me -- I got the
little box because it has 4 GigE ports and a Atom D525, the WiFi would just be
a bonus.
I know it's not in the known working hardware list in the FAQ or man pages.
There is a somewhat old message indicating that there isn't a maintainer for
Realtek WiFi cards on FreeBSD:
<http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Wireless-card-Realtek-RTL8723AE-is-not
-recognized-in-9-0-9-1-RC2-and-10-Current-td5757745.html>
...which would indicate to me that it's not a priority in the general BSD
community. However, the message is four years old.
There seems to be active Linux driver here:
<https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs>
At first glance it looks like it needs a firmware blob.
Inquiring minds want to know...
--Paul
[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which
had a name of smime.p7s]
