Install FC18 on laptop? Wifi woes

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:41:20 +0000 "David G. Miller"
<dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:

> Bill Davidsen <davidsen <at> tmr.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > I'm trying to update a laptop to FC18, but that does not seem to be an option, 
> > because the Broadcom WiFi is still not supported. 
> SNIP
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> > 
> I just did a "modprobe b43" and the b43 module loaded without requiring any
> additional files or packages.  Clicked on the NetworkMangler status widget and
> picked my wireless AP.  Provided the password and connected right up.

Vanilla, pristine Fedora, without including anything, even from
RPMfusion? 

Or is BCM4306 perhaps not proprietary anymore? 


> I have a fairly old laptop with the BCM4306 chipset and my F18 install is fairly
> "pristine" but I do have a wired connection to the same laptop and did a "yum
> update" so the kernel is current.  I previously had F16 working on the same
> laptop and still have a working install of F17 on another partition set.
> 

Ranjan

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