[K12OSN] wireless

["Terrell Prudé Jr."]

Dan Young wrote:
> On 10/17/07, willhatch at fayhoneyknoppschool.org
> <willhatch at fayhoneyknoppschool.org> wrote:
>   
>> 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!
>>     
>
> yum install bcm43xx-fwcutter
> less /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-*/README.Fedora
> less /usr/share/doc/bcm43xx-fwcutter-*/README
>   

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
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