On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Christopher A. Williams<chriswfedora@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a couple of laptops I've been working on that I have not been > able to get WiFi to come up on at all. > > Both of them have the Broadcom BC43XX series adapters. One of them is a > Gateway MX6030 laptop equipped with a Broadcom BCM4318 adapter and the > other is a Dell Inspiron e1705 with a BCM4311 adapter. Broadcom has a history of being outright hostile toward the FOSS software developers... Check this out... http://blogs.computerworld.com/new_linux_broadcom_wi_fi_drivers_arrive If you want top-notch linux support, remove one (1) screw from the back of the lappy to expose the Wi-Fi card, remove it, and replace it with one with an atheros chipset. Only $16 + shipping in the US of A... http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Mini-PCI-Wireless-card-802.11a%2Fb%2Fg-Atheros-AR5004X_W0QQitemZ180353169089QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090504?IMSfp=TL090504122008r37515 FC -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
