On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 09:37 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > i'm assuming those shortcomings in wireless apply to *all* 2.6-based
> > OpenWrt builds on all routers,
>
> That have broadcomm wireless chips in them, yes, AFAIU.
that's right -- a MiniPCI Broadcom 802.11b/g BCM4318.
> > in short, if one wants rock-solid wireless with OpenWrt, it's
> > necessary to stick with 2.4-based white russian?
>
> I seem to recall having discussed this with you not that long ago at
> which point you ran out and bought an ASUS WL-500g premium. We
> discussed at that time that you could, if you wanted, replace the
> wireless minipci card with an atheros and have working wireless with
> 2.6. That's my understanding of the state of affairs currently in
> any case.
yes, i remember that. i was just curious as to whether the state of
wireless support on broadcom had progressed significantly since then.
at the moment, i'm running wireless on a gateway laptop with a
broadcom chip, and it works fine with the newer b43 driver, so i just
wanted to know if this success had translated over into openwrt.
as for atheros, i actually did look for that locally but couldn't find
it. if anyone in the KW (or even toronto) area knows where those are
available, i'd be happy to spring for one and test it.
rday
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