[nflug] Broadcom Wireless Card

[Chris Squier]

Hi Franklin,

I'm running Ubuntu Edgy on my laptop right now, and while the built-in
Broadcom 43XX card was recognized I could never get it to function
properly with WEP or WPA. I spent about two weeks with wrestling with
it, and it turns out that the Broadcom cards as you may already know are
notorious for having issues in Ubuntu and Linux as a whole. I used
TCPWrapper, the whole bit - nothing. For what it's worth, I read that
some people got it working under the 6.06 LTS version. Perhaps something
changed in Edgy...?

Anyway, I had to compromise. I ended up getting a D-Link card which
works perfectly with WEP.

I hope that it doesn't turn your friend off to using Ubuntu or Linux in
general. The benefits in my opinion far outweigh the inconvenience of
switching cards. If you do decide to give the Broadcom card a go and get
it to work please post how you did it. I'd love to know!

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.
>
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