<html><body>Thanks for the help guys. I used k12 for years at the previous school I taught at, and had great luck. Now I'm doing Ed. Tech at a public school and we have the Windows platform going here. I'm actually just fixing a personal computer for a teacher (been keeping pretty busy with side work!). I talked her into trying Fedora, because her previous install of XP Home was infested with viruses and such. But, its my first experience with setting up wireless with linux. Good info to know though, that the Broadcom wireless cards are crap. Thanks again. -Will <blockquote webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"> -------- Original Message -------- From: "Terrell_Prudé_Jr." <microman@cmosnetworks.com> Date: Wed, October 17, 2007 5:49 pm To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn@redhat.com> Dan Young wrote: <blockquote cite="mid994441ae0710171229t1500a620ud4660ca7cd3064d@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 10/17/07, <a href="mailto:willhatch@fayhoneyknoppschool.org" target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" _onclick="Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=willhatch%40fayhoneyknoppschool.org');; return false;">willhatch@fayhoneyknoppschool.org</a> <a href="mailto:willhatch@fayhoneyknoppschool.org" target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" _onclick="Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=willhatch%40fayhoneyknoppschool.org');; return false;"><willhatch@fayhoneyknoppschool.org></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"> <pre wrap="">I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop that I have installed Fedora Core 6 on. The install went perfect, and now I'm trying to get the wireless going. The card is a Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [Airforce One 54G] 802.11 Wireless Lan Controller. How do I get this thing going? Thanks! </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter less /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-*/README.Fedora less /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-*/README </pre> </blockquote> And in the future, avoid any laptops or other computers with that Broadcom junk. If you can replace that wireless card with something else, so much the better. Look for Ralink, Realtek, or Intel wireless instead. I've had to wrestle with that Broadcom crap before. FWCutter does indeed work, but we shouldn't have to do it. Vote with your wallet. It works. --TP <hr>_______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a href="http://email.secureserver.net/pcompose.php#Compose" onclick="Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=K12OSN%40redhat.com'); return false;">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a href="http://www.k12os.org" target="_blank">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote></body></html>