ndiswrapper Broadcom wireless (was: Slighty OT Laptop Recommendation)

[Jeff Vian]

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 19:01 -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> I have that one in my Dell.
> 
> 02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
> 
> It works fine with ndiswrapper and the Dell driver.  I've even had other
> people run the Dell driver for the BCM4306 on other manufacturers
> hardware.
> 

The dell driver for the broadcom chip is not really dell's driver.
AFAIK broadcom provides it. so it would not be restricted to a dell
platform.

> Best,
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 18:50 -0700, Mike Hoy wrote:
> > > I'm using a Fujitsu Lifebook C2220. Works great under FC3 except for
> > > the need for ndiswrapper to drive the Broadcom wireless.
> > 
> > I was wondering if you have the same broacom card I do?
> > 
> > my card:
> > Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > mike h
> > 
> 
>