[nflug] Broadcom Wireless Card

Chris Squier songs at chrissquier.com
Tue Jan 9 13:25:26 EST 2007


Sorry meant ndiswrapper

Chris Squier wrote:
> 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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