Going from Broadcom's sources to wireless card to WPA network

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 26 February 2011 11:55:34 Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:27:44 -0800
> 
> "Suresh Govindachar" <sgovindachar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> >   In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop
> >   with -14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso, I have gotten as far as
> >   being able to create a live usb stick.  My next step is to get
> >   on the internet via the Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN
> >   Mini-Card  and my "WPA" network.
> 
> My Dell Mini 10 works with 2.6.37 kernels quite happily - just need to
> use fwcutter. The firmware on all the broadcom cards I have seen is loaded
> each time you boot (each OS loading whatever it comes with).
> 
> For the Ubuntu questions you'd need to ask an Ubuntu list.
> 
Careful - there are two different sets - the b43 driver and fwcutter and the 
broadcom-wl driver, which also has a matching fwcutter, IIRC.  Try to identify 
which driver you need.  If you can't you may have to try each in turn.

Anne
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