F7 and wireless and broadcom -- looking for feedback

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Andy Green wrote:

> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>
> >   my latest recipe for getting wireless to work on F7 (and F8-t1 for
> > that matter) with broadcom chips is here:
> >
> > http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Rday%27s_installing_Broadcom_4318_wifi
> >
> > if anything needs to be clarified or fixed, by all means, let me know.
> > so far, i've tested it several times and it seems fairly reliable.
>
> It might be worth noting that the instructions are for an unsecured
> network only.
>
> The generally accepted minimum security used on Wifi nowadays is
> WPA.

i do actually mention that.  and i'm naturally assuming that, once the
interface is up and running unsecured, it's a simple matter to start
adding security on top of that.  but that's outside the scope of that
recipe.

rday
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