[CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390

Dan likuidkewl at gmail.com
Sat Dec 1 19:54:02 UTC 2007


Andy -- I am currently running a bcm 4306 with 2.6.23.1-49.fc8 and it still
doesn't include "drop in" support.
I had to use fwcutter to set it up but it has so far worked almost
flawlessly, a big time improvement from earlier versions.
I know this is not exactly relating to Centos but it is like the "pot and
kettle" analogy.

Regards,
Dan

On Dec 1, 2007 2:28 PM, Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 15:13 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> > Quoting Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net>:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> > > > Quoting Andrew Allen <andy.allen at virgin.net>:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card.  The
> CentOS 5
> > > > > > kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1 (and
> subsequently
> > > > > > upon its release) the CentOS 5.1 kernel does support it.  You
> will need
> > > to
> > > > > > drop the firmware into /lib/firmware .. I believe this is a
> bcm43xx
> > > card.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Barry
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks Barry,
> > > > > In view of what you say about CentOS 5.1 supporting this card, I
> think
> > > > > I'm going to wait until it's released - hope that won't be too
> long. Any
> > > > > other possible solutions (eg like using ndiswrapper) look far too
> > > > > complicated for a linux newbie like me!  I hope that I'll be able
> to
> > > > > update the kernel without having to do a complete re-install. In
> the
> > > > > meantime I'm just going to have to use MS Windows XP (I have
> dual-boot
> > > > > on this laptop) for any wireless networking.
> > > >
> > > > I was using ndiswrapper for this card until RHEL 5.1's kernel picked
> it up.
> > >  I
> > > > noticed that it now found an 'eth1' interface that didn't exist
> before.
> > > > ndiswrapper does work, but has somewhat occasional crashes most
> likely due
> > > to
> > > > RHEL's 4k stack size that is not really compatible with ndiswrapper.
>  I
> > > agree,
> > > > you should wait until the CentOS 5.1 kernel comes out because
> assuming you
> > > and
> > > > I have the same card, all you need is the firmware .. and it will
> work
> > > without
> > > > further issue.
> > > >
> > > > Barry
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I've now upgraded the kernel to CentOS 2.6.18-8.1.15.e15, so assume my
> > > OS is now effectively CentOS 5.1. However, I'm afraid I'm still at a
> bit
> > > of a loss as to how it supports my Dell laptop wireless card (bcm43xx
> > > card?), as it's still not listed in the list of supported adapters in
> > > Network Config. Can anybody please suggest where I go from here?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Andy
> >
> > You are still on the CentOS 5 kernel, not the CentOS 5.1 kernel.  The
> base RHEL
> > 5 kernel is kernel-2.6.18-53.el5 and the most recent is
> > kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.  I don't believe CentOS 5.1 is out yet, but
> I've not
> > checked today.
> >
> > Barry
>
> Thanks Barry,
> Some recent CentOS-list emails have implied that if CentOS 5 is fully
> updated, it will be (effectively) CentOS 5.1, but this is clearly not
> the case! I've looked again at the Release Notes at
> http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.1 and see that
> CentOS 5.1 isn't relesed yet. So I'll have to be patient and wait - I
> hope that'll be rewarded when I find it does support my wireless card!
>
> Andy
>
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Dan Maranville
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