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On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Joseph Jon Booker <joe@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I've never used ndiswrapper (well, not successfully), just b43 driver. |
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> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 makes it sound like you |
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> need b43 or b43legacy depending on the revision (which is why i asked |
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> for the lspci output...). |
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> It's not going to hurt to try both, get |
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> http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 and |
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> and run `b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware/" wl_apsta_mimo.o` in the |
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> driver/ folder, along with `b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware/" |
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> wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o` using |
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> http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o |
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> After loading the firmware, one of those (b43, or b43legacy) should |
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> detect it, else you may want to take this to the bcm43xx list |
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I believe that you have to enable the 'prompt for development and/or |
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incomplete code/drivers' in the 'General setup' section of the kernel |
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configuration to be able to enable this driver. I can view it in my |
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2.6.27.4 kernel, but I'm quite sure it was there with 2.6.25 already. |
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"Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack) (B43) |
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b43 is a driver for the Broadcom 43xx series wireless devices. |
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Check "lspci" for something like |
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"Broadcom Corporation BCM43XX 802.11 Wireless LAN Controller" |
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to determine whether you own such a device. |
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This driver supports the new BCM43xx IEEE 802.11G devices, but not |
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the old IEEE 802.11B devices. Old devices are supported by |
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the b43legacy driver. |
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Note that this has nothing to do with the standard that your AccessPoint |
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supports (A, B, G or a combination). |
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IEEE 802.11G devices can talk to IEEE 802.11B AccessPoints. |
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It is safe to include both b43 and b43legacy as the underlying glue |
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layer will automatically load the correct version for your device. |
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This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using |
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b43-fwcutter. |
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This driver can be built as a module (recommended) that will be called "b43". |
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If unsure, say M." |
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Google gave me this information: |
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http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 |
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HTH, |
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Martin |
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