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date = "2014-06-30T15:06:09-07:00"
title = "Back to FreeBSD (maybe back to the challenge)"
categories = ["unix","sa"]
tags = ["FreeBSD","R810"]
+++



So, I had a bit of time over the weekend, and spent it doing a bit of hacking around.

I had re-installed [PC-BSD](https://www.pcbsd.org) on my HP EliteBook R810.  I used 10.0.2, and everything but the wireless looked good.  I decided to try to get the wireless working with the internal WNIC.  [Previously](link://slug/freebsd-challenge-day-17), I used an external dongle to get WiFi working, but it was a pain to remember to pull it out, so I decided to try again.

I updated the base OS to 10-CURRENT, and then 'patched' the source tree using the info I found [in this forum post](https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=35467).  Once I rebooted, and used the PC-BSD tools to enable the device, things worked!  Since this was only last night, I need to test it a bit to make sure it stands up to load.

There is a [PR](https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169433), and support **has** been added to HEAD.  I am going try to write a patch to get this added before then.  I will need to see if I can figure out how to do that. :)

Since my work laptop uses the same WNIC, I am one step closer to being able to install it on the work machine.

I am going to see about trying to use **dragon** as my non-work daily driver and shake out what I need to do, so I may be restarting the [30 Day Challenge](link://tag/30DayChallenge) again, but a lot of that depends on how work goes.