bcm4318

[Erik Schmidt]

I looked at the page, and apparently the instructions won't work with my
computer as I am using powerpc

any more ideas?

-Erik

On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 18:32 -0500, Ed Smits wrote:
> I've been using ndiswrapper with this WiFi card with Dapper, Edgy and
> now Feisty, no problesm. I tried use fwcutter and found it flaky. I
> used
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2ncuen
> 
> starting from point 7 on:
> 
> 1) disable bcm43xx  in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist so they don't try to get loaded
> 2) install ndiswrapper and the latest version of the utilities (now it's 1.9)
> 3) get the Windows driver
> 3) set up ndiswrapper to use the driver (in my case bcmwl5.inf)
> 4) make sure you have Network Manager installed if running Dapper or Edgy
> 4) ndiswrapper -l, reboot
> 5) Let Network Manager handle the connection
> 
> all good, even in Feisty
> 
> 
> ED
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/4/07, Erik Schmidt <eschmidt90 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > now that's not entirely true
> >
> > I got wireless to work based on a suggestion previously mentioned in
> > this thread, I just don't want to have to manually enter the USSID every
> > time I want to connect to a different network
> >
> > I just need a way now to get the gnome NetworkManager to offer me my
> > wireless options
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 23:06 +0000, R Kimber wrote:
> > > On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:49:14 -0500
> > > Erik Schmidt wrote:
> > >
> > > > can anyone explain/point me to someone who can explain how to install
> > > > a driver/use the bcm4318 wireless card built in to my iBook G4?
> > > >
> > > > I am using edgy
> > >
> > > bcm43xx is broken in edgy and, I think, in feisty.  My bcm43xx laptop is
> > > currently useless - except for the fact that it also has Windows on
> > > it. :-)
> > >
> > > - Richard
> > > --
> > > Richard Kimber
> > > http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
> > >
> >
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