On 10/23/07, Casper.Dik at sun.com <Casper.Dik at sun.com> wrote: > > >Thanks Casper, and specially for answering so quickly. > > > >Are there any alternatives that you know of to get the BCM4318 working ? > > > > After limping around in 32 bit kernels for a bit I ripped mine out and > replaced it with an Atheros card; works flawlessly for me. >
I also had to do the rip and replace as I could not get reliable performance with ndis. > > Not all laptops allow such replacements, though: on some the miniPCI card > is inaccessible and on others (IBM, HP?), the BIOS refuses to enumerate > a non-standard miniPCI card. There are a couple of hacks around to resolve this type of issue on some laptops. I had to modify the bios on my thinkpad to change the mini-pci card, and on my current ASUS laptop I have to gently hack the mini-pci card to keep it switched on. Google is Your Friend.
