I tried bcm43xx-fwcutter and and some kind of bcm43xx-softmac-sa
package that I read about on a forum. The softmac thing had some
compile time errors that looked like coding bugs. bcm43xx-fwcutter
seemed to work, it extracted the firmware, I did make installfw, and
then while modprobe bcm43xx didn't give me any errors, it also didn't
show up on iwconfig. I didn't see anything else on google.

-Peter

On 8/7/07, Peter Davoust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm going to try really hard to reply to all three of these
> conflicting messages. First, I didn't get Beso's last e-mail, but I
> think another reason many linux newbs are repelled are abrupt
> responses on forums and messages like 'you're wrong'. Not to poke a
> stick in anyone's cage, but ouch. However, that's not what we're
> talking about. the 4310 isn't even on Broadcom's website, I have no
> clue how to get it working. Beso, does WPA work with your 4310? I
> didn't buy the card specifically, and if I had a choice I would have
> gotten something that was better supported and didn't die on me every
> 3 minutes. I even tried an airport pc card, but I have an express pc
> card slot/whatever, so it didn't work. I would really appreciate if
> someone could send me said excruciating steps so I could give it a
> try. I hope I didn't offend anyone, but I know that, being only a
> lowly highschool student and not a system administrator, I would
> really appreciate if people would take a little more time to answer
> the stupid questions.
>
> On 8/7/07, Dustin J. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 09:35:58PM +0000, Duncan wrote:
> > > OK, this is a bit of a rant, but anyway...
> >
> > Always good fun :)
> >
> > > I'm a pretty die-hard Linux supporter, I doubt anyone would argue that,
> > > but the above is /certainly/ one reason Linux doesn't have a greater
> > > share than it does.
> >
> > I agree, but I would offer:
> >  - Gentoo is, among the many great things it is, not for those who don't
> >    get a visceral thrill from following long series of scary steps.
> >    Especially if you're looking to eek out good performance by using
> >    "better" drivers.
> >  - Things have gotten a lot better, and continue to do so.
> >
> > Dustin
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