Frequently Asked Questions

Hardware requirements

Wireless mini-pcie card based on Intel 4965 Chipset.
The card has to be recognized by Solaris and reported as "pciex8086,4229" or "pciex8086,4230" by prtconf(1M)


Software requirements

Solaris Nevada build snv_68+

The iwk driver is built on mac-wifi plugin and net80211 module. These modules are integrated into OpenSolaris.


What is supported?
  • 802.11 protocol

    v1.0 supports 802.11b/g, infrastructure/BSS mode
    802.11a support will be available in v1.x
    802.11n and IBSS mode will be available in v2.x.
  • Security

    WPA PSK and WPA2 PSKare supported in Solaris Nevada 77+ builds.