> > Jason A. Myers wrote: > > I would just like to report that I have been able to successfully > > connect with the on-board broadcom based wifi card, using WPA no less. > <snip> > > I followed some pretty straight forward instructions here: > > > > https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/bcm43xx-dev/2006-April/001660.html > > and > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html > > how did you get the firmware loaded. these instructions don't seem to > say. or I just missed it.
It's item #6 in the gentoo forum topic (the very first post). You load the firmware once with the bcm43xx-fwcutter utility (which you will have to install). I have been using the wl_apsta.o file recommended in the gentoo list with good results Cheers, Jason _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
