On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Christopher A.
Williams<chriswfedora(a)cawllc.com> wrote:
I have a couple of laptops I've been working on that I have not
been
able to get WiFi to come up on at all.
Both of them have the Broadcom BC43XX series adapters. One of them is a
Gateway MX6030 laptop equipped with a Broadcom BCM4318 adapter and the
other is a Dell Inspiron e1705 with a BCM4311 adapter.
Broadcom has a history of being outright hostile toward the FOSS
software developers... Check this out...
http://blogs.computerworld.com/new_linux_broadcom_wi_fi_drivers_arrive
If you want top-notch linux support, remove one (1) screw from the
back of the lappy to expose the Wi-Fi card, remove it, and replace it
with one with an atheros chipset. Only $16 + shipping in the US of
A...
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Mini-PCI-Wireless-card-802.11a%2Fb%2Fg-Atheros-AR...
FC