Andrew Allen wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 20:06 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: >> Andrew Allen wrote: >>> I've just installed CentOS 5.3 on my Dell laptop and it seems to have >>> detected and set-up my wireless card (BCM 4311) correctly as eth1. >>> However, so far I haven't been able to activate it and have read the >>> wiki >>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-320d6fcf09b7e16e0b15d19ef76adcb023a95938 >>> which indicates that this card isn't actually supported in CentOS - but >>> there has been an improvement over earlier kernels because the card >>> wasn't even detected in CentOS 5.0. So do I need to get the Windows >>> driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and do >>> I need ndiswrapper as well? >>> >>> Andy >>> >> That's not a Windows driver, it's a native Linux driver that you sould >> download and compile for your kernel. Being a native Linux driver, it >> doesn't require ndiswrapper. The ndiswrapper section is the next section >> on that Wiki page and is unrelated (is it confusing?). >> >> I believe this topic was also discussed recently on this mailing list (a >> few months back iirc). >> > Thanks, > You don't happen to know when that was do you? It would be great to > benefit from somebody else's experience, if they've managed to get this > card working in CentOS (5.3). Trouble is, the instructions in the > readme.txt on the Broadcom website obviously aren't CentOS specific. In > the past I've installed additional stuff (eg skype) from repos using > yum, which works brilliantly - I'm a bit wary of trying to install by > other means! > > Andy > Here you go: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-July/079638.html