[LBo] Broadcom 4318

[Billy Pollifrone]

I answered my own question actually. The driver that shipped with the
laptop by compaq didn't work with ndiswrapper. I had to download a new
one and then it all worked out fine.

Billy Pollifrone wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with installing the "Air Force One" 4318
> wirless card from Broadcom? The module bcm43xx wants to be loaded
> (SimplyMepis 6.0) but isn't able to connect to any access point.
> =

> I've put in a script to remove the bcm43xx module manually (tried
> putting in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, but it still loads it) and then
> remove and modprobe the ndiswrapper module with the bcmwl5 driver. It
> says driver present, hardware present but the light for the wireless
> card never turns on.
> =

> Thanks in advance.
> =

> =



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Billy Pollifrone
billy AT silverbaseball DOT com
Registered Linux User #433318 (http://counter.li.org)

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