Re: Broadcom WIFI and FC$

Thanks Larry,
Will try ndiswarpper and see what happens. Worse case is that I will
revert back to a single operating system thatnks to Uncle Bill :(

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:29:39 GMT, Larry Finger
<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>David wrote:
>> Hopefully someone has found the answer I am looking for.
>>
>> I have recently installed FC4 (2.6.9-1.667) onto my laptop.
>>
>> My laptop is a Compaq Presario M2000 and comes fitted with a Braodcon
>> 802.11 b/g WIFI card.
>>
>> I have not been able to configure FC 4 to operate this unit.
>>
>> Hopefully someone knows how to correct this problem. I am brand new to
>> linux and am lost in what I should be doing.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
>At the moment, the only way to use Broadcom wireless chips with Linux is to use ndiswrapper. Google
>for the ndiswrapper site and check there for information regarding our particular chip.
>
>One possible problem is that FC4 may be generated with 4K stacks, which will not work with
>ndiswrapper. If that is the case, you will need to build your own kernel.
>
>Larry

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