FC4, Ndiswrapper 1.2 and Broadcom 93406 rev 02
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My experience with Ndiswrapper 1.2 on FC4 (i386 arch, 1369 kernel) on my
HP Compaq nx9010 laptop mirrors that of radioact1ve in his posts "Wifi
Question". The laptop has a Broadcom 93406 rev 02 chipset built in. I
was able to get Ndiswrapper and wireless working just fine under Fedora
Core 3 and I might backgrade because of it since I positively must have
wireless working.
I also cannot get Ndiswrapper working by using my Buffalo Air
(WLI-CB-G54A) pc card. The driver loads, one of the card's lights goes
on, but there is no wireless activity of any sort.
One note: the nx9010 machines run extremely hot, especially the memory
compartment. I'm maxed out with 1 Gb RAM and that memory compartment
gets HOT. It is hot enough to be really unpleasant. I think the very
intense heat has the effect of cooking any CD that is in the optical
drive. This seems to trigger a lot of CD read errors. HP's engineers, in
their infinite wisdom, built a hot system and then put the optical drive
right near one of the hottest zones.
I wonder if the heat is also cooking the wireless chips built into the
machine? But I'm straying off the point.
Bob Cochran
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