These are the reports on the issue at bugzilla.redhat.com: 242338 bcm43xx: can't associate 242585 BCM43xx Cards read as ethernet adaptors not wireless 243097 Broadcom bcm43xxx driver doesn't work with WPA 243487 wireless not working in F-7 (bcm43xx_mac80211, 4311 chipset) 243585 knetworkmanager hangs at 28% using bcm43xx driver 244529 bcm43xx wireless not functional 245084 bcm43xx doesn't work Has anyone made the bcm43xx chips work with the mac80211 driver, instead of the softmac driver? --- Oscar A. Valdez