On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Rick Bilonick wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 20:40 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008, Rick Bilonick wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you tried this method: > > > > http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras > > > > It worked flawlessly for me on a new HP with the Broadcom Corporation > > > > BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02). > > > > Peter > > > > > > Yes, I had tried doing what this web page suggested too many times > > > to count without any success. > > > > > > Now that I got the bcm4318 to work perfectly with ndiswrapper, I > > > have absolutely no incentive whatsoever to try getting the bcm43xx > > > driver to work. I don't see that it would be any better than using > > > ndiswrapper, assuming the bcm43xx driver works at all. > > > > i have wireless working just fine on a laptop with a "Broadcom > > Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)" using the b43 module. > > > > rday > > Unfortunately it does NOT appear to work with the bcm4318 card. At > least, not on a Dell Inspiron 2200 running Fedora 8. It does work using > ndiswrapper and so what would be the point of screwing up what works > just fine to TRY to get b43 to work? the "b43" driver appears to work just fine on another model of gateway laptop i have that has the BCM4318. but if what you have works, you're right -- why mess with it? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ========================================================================
