[nflug] Broadcom Wireless Card

[Cyber Source]

Franklin Kumro Jr wrote:
> I am going to be installing Ubuntu on my friends laptop and the only
> piece of hardware im worried about is the wireless card. The card is
> reported as
>
> Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> and I have read on the ubuntu forums that people have been getting
> this card working. I was wondering if anyone on the lug has configured
> this card correctly and is using it with wep encryption? Hopefully
> this is not a big issue as I'm trying to pitch linux to my friend
> because I'm sick of a phone call a week complaining that something new
> doesn't work.
>
Also, just in case you can't get wep or wpa working, tell your friend to
restrict his router using mac addressing. I like that much better than
authentication crapola anyway.
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