Am Freitag, den 18.04.2008, 19:10 -0400 schrieb Herbert Taylor: > I just finished reading the Network manager story in the Red Hat > Magazine. It had a list of chips that work with Linux and a list that > don't. > Are these chips the kind that are in the computer or are they PCMCIA type. > I have a Dell Inspiron B130, that has a broadcom wireless card. Haven't > found a way to use it on wireless. My Acer has a broadcom wireless card too, and it works. You need a very recent kernel, 2.6.24-r2 or later. The B43 driver is included in this kernel, but you need firmware.
To get the firmware, have a look here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#fw-b43-old > Does anyone know of a PCMCIA card > that would work in its place? I am using Fedora 8 which works very well > on DSL. I don't know that kind of pcmcia card. There is another problem that MFGs tend to build FOO_WLAN_CARD rev1.1 which is well supported in linux, and FOO_WLAN_CARD rev1.1a which is using an totally different chipset and doesn't work at all. from my experience: a) try to get the broadcom to work. cheapest solution ($0), and you don't need to fuck around with an pcmcia card. b) if a) fails: identify what type of builtin wlan card your dell uses (mini-PCI or mini-PCIexpress). Get a card with an Intel chipset and replace the card. Intel still needs firmware, but their firmware is freely (->beer) redistributable, so maybe there are packages for FC9, that you just can install with yum. > I will be doing some traveling this summer and would like to be > able to use the wireless such as in airports, etc. > > Herb Taylor > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list -- Thomas Ilnseher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list