Install FC18 on laptop? Wifi woes
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Fri Jan 18 23:35:01 UTC 2013
David G. Miller 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.
>
> 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.
>
The wired connection would be nice, I had hoped to avoid that, as upgrading
laptops is probably not going to be a once in a lifetime event. Finding a way
without wires is more fun than bringing a laptop to a wire, since then you can't
easily justify working on the wireless solution for all the other laptops.
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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