Re: Broadcom WIFI and FC$
- From: Unruh <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 28 Dec 2005 00:32:39 GMT
David <drichar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>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 :(
Other options:
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ is an attempt to write a native driver. No idea
what the status is of this. Also what is the id of your chipset?
www.linuxant.org -- they charge $20 for their driverloader (after a 30 day
trial to make sure it works.)
>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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