[CentOS] CentOS 5.3 - Activating laptop wireless card - problems installing bcm4311 driver

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Paul <bennph at gmail.com> wrote:

> I to am stuck trying to get my wireless working as well. It looks like I
> am one step ahead of you. I am also trying to compile the same driver.
> This is where I have gotten so far:

> So once again I am stuck. If anyone out there has any ideas -- I'm all
> ears.

Hi,

I just built the module for a x86_64 kernel. But I cannot test it
because I do not have the hardware. If you'd like to give it a try, it
is here:

http://centos.toracat.org/misc/testing/bcom/x86_64/

Download wl.ko and load it by:

modprobe ieee80211_crypt ; insmod wl.ko

I hope this works for you.

Akemi