[CentOS] Wondering about CentOS 5.1 functionality

Sat Jan 5 23:24:55 UTC 2008
Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com>

Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Mark Weaver wrote:
>>>> - - 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.
> 
> 

I've not experienced that at all so far. it's working flawlessly.

Mark