ndiswrapper Broadcom wireless (was: Slighty OT Laptop Recommendation)

[Jeff Vian]

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 08:13 -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 07:27 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 19:01 -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
> > > Mike,
> > > 
> > > I have that one in my Dell.
> > > 
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> Jeff,
> 
> Yes you are right, all roads lead to the source, but the version that
> Dell distributes works with ndiswrapper where other hardware vendors
> versions have failed on the same hardware with the same version of
> ndiswrapper.  I merely recommend trying the Dell version if nothing else
> works.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Steve
> 

Yeah, that is one of the wonders of the OEM drivers.  Most modify the
original so the installer only works with "their" machine and you then
only have one source to find updates/replacements.


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