system-config-network sees Broadcom BC4309 as an ethernet device instead of a wireless device

[Rick Bilonick]

On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 11:52 +1300, Peter Metcalf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem in that system-config-network sees the wireless card as 
> a ethernet card so I don't know
> how to configure it. b43 is not listed in 
> /usr/share/system-config-network/module-info but the b43 kernel module 
> is present.
> 
> I've just installed 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 on a Dell D800 laptop and have done 
> all the updates. The wireless board works according to iwconfig.
> The board is a Broadcom BC4309 and the driver is b43. I have installed 
> the b43, b43legacy and bcm43xx driver files in /lib/firmware
> 
> Can anybody help please?
> 
> Peter
> 
I gave up trying to configure my bcm4318 using b43 etc. under Fedora 8.
I used ndiswrapper.

Rick B.