[mdlug] WiFi -Woes(?) or Broadcom is 'the' lame

[R. Kannan]

Rob,

I have a DELL laptop (D820 circa 2006)with wireless using boroadcom chip and it has been working fine through ndiswrapper but you may have a newer version.

Raj

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com>
>Sent: Nov 29, 2007 9:54 AM
>To: 'MDLUG's Main discussion list' <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] WiFi -Woes(?) or Broadcom is 'the' lame
>
>> 
>> > From: Robert Adkins
>> 
>> > > From: Robert Adkins
>> 
>> > > 	So, I finally decided to fix my issue of basically ignoring the 
>> > > WiFi adapter in my old Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop. It has a "Dell 
>> > > Truemobile 1300"
>> > > wifi adapter which is using a Broadcom chipset.
>> 
>> > 	Nobody got anything on this?
>> 
>>  Nope, sorry. I've been lucky and/or careful in picking 
>> hardware that's supported under Linux. A couple of 
>> Atheros-based cards (cardbus & desktop) and a Symbol 
>> compact-flash card with a PCMCIA adapter. Haven't messed with 
>> Broadcom at all, nor with WPA (since my Symbol card is 
>> 802.11b and can't handle WPA).
>> 
>>  Sincerely,
>> 
>>  Ray Ingles                               (313) 227-2317
>> 
>
>	I hear you.
>
>	At the time of buying that laptop, my wife's employer was paying a
>decent portion of the tab to order through Dell and they provided a limited
>set of options (a Low-end, Midrange and High-End system), with few
>customizable elements. I ended up with a really slick (at the time) machine
>for far less than it would have cost otherwise. 
>
>	I also wasn't so concerned with the WiFi card under Linux, since so
>few places had "Free WiFi" back then and I had no issues with plugging it
>into my home network.
>
>	Oh well, maybe I need to pickup a separate WiFi card and go to town
>configuring that.
>
>	Thanks,
>	Rob
>
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