On Aug 09 07:36:00, stu.lists@spacehopper.org wrote:
> On 2023-08-08, Jan Stary <hans@stare.cz> wrote:
> > On Aug 07 15:32:05, millert@openbsd.org wrote:
> >> Your best bet may be to replace the onboard wireless with a card
> >> that is supported by OpenBSD.
> >
> > On Aug 08 09:55:58, stu.lists@spacehopper.org wrote:
> >> Swapping to a different card is likely to give better results (generally
> >> faster, more stable, and able to use the proper antennas in the laptop,
> >> usually around the display, rather than a tiny pcb trace antenna)
> >
> > Exactly. Replace the BCM with Intel or something.
> > Takes about ten minutes and costs peanuts.
>
> Maybe. But these were popular on some HP stuff where changing it often
> requires some dodgy hacked BIOS download which may or may not be safe
> to use. That's why I added the other bit.
Ah, right: some Thinkpads for example have a whitelist
of allowed wifi chips they will let you booth with ...
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