[CentOS] Problems with Broadcom 4312 wireless

Fri Jun 12 23:09:57 UTC 2009
David McGuffey <davidmcguffey at verizon.net>

On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 12:17 +0100, Michael Simpson wrote:
> On 12/06/2009, David McGuffey <davidmcguffey at verizon.net> wrote:
> > According to the guidance a linuxwireless.com the b43 driver (not
> > bcm43xx or b43legacy) should work with the 4312 device.
> >
> > If I can't get bcm43xx and bcm43xx-microcode5.fw to work, then I may try
> > to install the b43 driver and blacklist bcm43xx.
> >
> 
> Hi there
> i never got NetworkManager to work with bcm43xx but using network and
> wpa_supplicant with the required conf for WPA2 is rock solid for me
> 
> technically (according to linuxwireless.org) i should be using the b43
> module but the bcm43xx in the stock CentOS kernel with v3 of the
> broadcom firmware works very well
> 
> mike
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My next step is to remove the bcm43xx driver and the
bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmeware and replace with the b43 driver.

I'm mostly into OS hardening and application security
configuration...hardware and firmware is not my forte.  How does one
remove bcm43xx and install b43?

Guess I should start another topic about removing and replacing kernel
modules.

Dave