David McGuffey wrote: > How do I back out of these directions? > > "yum install iwl4965-firmware > > rmmod iwl4965; modprobe iwl4965 > rmmod iwl4965 yum erase iwl4965-firmware > Your wireless device should be working now. Enable NetworkManager to use it. > Starting from CentOS 5.3 (kernel 2.6.18-128) the kernel includes the iwlagn > kernel module. If you are running an older kernel, please look at the ipw4965 > method above. > First download and install the firmware (see above), then just reload the iwlagn > kernel module: > > rmmod iwlagn; modprobe iwlagn" > > I managed to grab the wrong set of firmware for my Dell Latitude D830. There was > conflicting guidance on the Internet as to which device was installed...I've now > found out that it is a Broadcom device. I need to remove the Intel firmware and > install the Broadcom firmware. > No, not really. Firmwares are generaly installed to /etc/firmware and the correct firmware will automatically be loaded and used by the wireless driver, so it really doesn't matter if a bunch of other firmwares are present on your system or not. But if you want to uninstall them, just use: yum erase iwl4965-firmware > BTW, it appears that support for the Broadcom wireless device is not in the > CentOS repositories. I think I 'm going to have to download the Broadcom files > and "make" the firmware module. I'd like to avoid that...any guidance? > Please show us: lspci then: lspci -n | grep '0X:0Y.Z' where 0X:0Y.Z is the first column output for the Broadcom wireless device. Then we may be able to tell you if it's supported or not, and what driver to use.