RE: Wireless Chips OT



Title: Re: Wireless Chips
De:  Thomas Ilnseher
Enviado el: lun 21/04/2008 9:10
Para: networkmanager-list gnome org
Asunto: Re: Wireless Chips


>> I have a Dell Inspiron B130, that has a broadcom wireless card.  Haven't
> found a way to use it on wireless. 
>My Acer has a broadcom wireless card too, and it works. You need a very
recent kernel, 2.6.24-r2 or later. The B43 driver is included in this
kernel, but you need firmware.

>To get the firmware, have a look here:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#fw-b43-old

I would like to see something similar to SounBlaster drivers for soundcards for the wireless cards (a standard or model for WiFi hardware that can be reproduced and used the label " XXXX compatible").

Regards.



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