Re: [CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality

Mark Weaver wrote:

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• • Broadcom Wireless Adapter - 1390 Wlan (bcm43xx)

Last I checked not even Fedora runs this thing properly. Avoid.

Actually Fedora 7 ran it wonderfully. I used ndiswrapper and a script to initialize the adapter during the boot process.

you missed the point Mark, I think Ignacio pointed out that the bcm43xx driver didnt work too well.

my experience, on centos-5, is similar. bcm43xx works fine if I set the rate to 11M, once the network connects, i can then turn it back upto 54M and it tends to stay connected. I just found it easier to leave the network at 11M permanently and things justwork.