[dundee] Broadcom Wireless Cards

[Lee Hughes]

wow, open drivers? well they must of had a change of heart....

probably loosing sales to open driver wireless people (are there any?)

--- On Fri, 3/10/08, Chad Wollenberg <chad at linuxbasement.com> wrote:
From: Chad Wollenberg <chad at linuxbasement.com>
Subject: Re: [dundee] Broadcom Wireless Cards
To: Davidson.Kris at gmail.com, "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at lists.lug.org.uk>
Date: Friday, 3 October, 2008, 7:51 PM

Interestingly enough, I just loaded Mint 5 on an HP laptop with a broadcom wireless card in it, and it automatically wrapped it with Ndiswrapper. I couldn't believe it. It just worked.

Good to hear broadcom is coming around.


Chad

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Kris Davidson <davidson.kris at gmail.com> wrote:

You never know maybe they'll support it retroactivly



2008/10/3 gordon dunlop <astrozubenel at googlemail.com>:

> Would you believe it Broadcom has released linux drivers for their

> newer wireless cards. This is where you do not need to use Ndiswrapper

> or BCM43xx firmware cutter. Here is the site for download:

>

> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

>

> Obviously for older cards it is back to the old methods, is the world

> really changing regarding Linux? Yup slowly but surely.

>

> Gordon

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