Re: Use of BCM4318 card with NetworkManager

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I have a BCM4318 card.  You do need ndiswrapper, for which you will need the appropriate drivers.  I found mine at ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020_5020/driver/80211g.zip for 32-bit or ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020_5020/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip for 64-bit.  That said, I have not had any luck under FC5 with NetworkManager and this card.  It worked under FC4, but now (although the network shows up) I cannot connect to it.  There have been various queries to the list, but no answers.  When I use the wireless I usually use this script as root:

#!/bin/sh

/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID>
/sbin/dhclient wlan0

You have to fill in your <ESSID>.  Please don't ask me what it does - it works, and I have been content with that.

John

On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 10:28 -0400, networkmanager-list-request gnome org wrote:
>     Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:56:21 -0500
>     From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>
>     Subject: Use of BCM4318 card with NetworkManager
>     To: networkmanager-list gnome org
>     Message-ID: <1151070982 3194 17 camel localhost localdomain>
>     Content-Type: text/plain
>     
>     I realize I posted this before but with the wrong subject:
>     
>     Does anyone have some good advice on how to get a :
>      BCM4318 [AirForceOne 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller card working under
>     NetworkManager? Is ndiswrapper needed and if so how should it be used?
>     If this is really OT please ignore me. 
>     -- 
>     Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>

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