New Broadcom wi-fi drivers

[Brian Craft]

NoOp wrote:
> Came across this today:
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/new_linux_broadcom_wi_fi_drivers_arrive
> [ October 7, 2008 - 8:05 P.M.
> New Linux Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers arrive]
>
> <quotes>
> Now Dell, with some help from Broadcom and Canonical, the company behind
> Ubuntu, has just released a Linux friendly Broadcom Wi-Fi driver for
> both 32 and 64-bit Linuxes. According to John Hull, Dell's Manager of
> Linux OS Engineering, "updated Linux wireless drivers that support cards
> based on the Broadcom 4311, 4312, 4321, and 4322 chipsets" are now
> available.
>  .
>  .
>  .
> Hull went on to say that "This driver is included in the Ubuntu 8.10
> release," which is due out at the end of October, "and should be added
> to Ubuntu 8.04." If you can't wait, you can download the driver, the
> Broadcom Linux STA driver today from a Broadcom site. The link in the
> Dell blog is broken, but this link, as of October 7th, was working. Enjoy!
> </quotes>
>
> The broadcom link is:
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>
> Has anyone tried these yet & if so, what is the result/feedback?
>
>
>   
I'm running a HP dv6772nr laptop with the Broadcom BCM4312 802.11 a/b/g 
(rev 02) in it and I just installed Ubuntu 8.10 and the wireless was 
found and the new drivers seem to be working fine for me.   So far I'm 
very happy with it.

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