"John Lagrue" <jlagrue@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > At first sight, the answer is "no". dmesg shows "bcm43xx_mac80211: > Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load > failed." > > But before I go wandering off to install ndiswrapper, as I have done > for the last year, I was wondering if anyone more knowledgeable than I > could let me know if by tweaking things I can get the device working > natively. It is telling you that you are missing the microcode -- the same microcode you'll need to hunt down to run ndiswrapper. Simplest thing to do is "yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter" and follow the instructions at /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-006/* . -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ Hints for IPv6 on FC6 http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/fedora/ipv6-tunnel.html
