Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 02. 07. 2009 06:22:48 je Thierry Chatelet napisal(a): > > On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote: > > > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the > > Debian > > > Wiki: > > > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx > > > > > > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by > > that > > > driver. > > > > > > I then tried the tutorial on this page: > > > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper > > > > > > I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03), so I > > got the > > > driver from HP, the vendor of this notebook. It is installed, and > > shows up > > > in ndisgtk, but shows 'Hardware present: no'. > > > > > > I installed wicd to see if that would at least let me see more of > > what was > > > going on, but although it says it's running, when I try to access > > the wicd > > > network manager, nothing opens. Gnome network manager shows no > > wireless > > > connection. > > > > > > Any tips really greatly appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > > J > > > > > > A Linux driver for the Broadcom bcm43xx wireless chips. > > Broadcom never released details about these chips. So this driver is > > based > > upon reverse engineered specifications. > > > > This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2. > > > > Another branch of this driver, based on the Devicescape 802.11 Stack, > > which > > should be the future in Linux wireless support and which supports > > advanced > > capabilities (namely, full WPA support), can be found in the > > wireless-dev > > tree: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless- > > dev.git > > > > The bcm43xx-fwcutter tool (required - see documentation for further > > info) can > > install with aptitude. > > So remove ndiswrapper and try again. > > Give some detail from ifconfig, iwconfig.. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > > Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's > website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would > work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive > instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install. > But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software > guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I > thik.
I am having a lot of trouble locating the driver for this device on the broadcom site. The only network drivers I see so far are for ethernet NIC's. -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
