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Old 12-21-2007, 05:19 PM   #1
amol0010
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Linux for Dell 640 M laptop

Hi,

I earlier tried out Ubutnu linux 7.10. However, faced problems with it regarding my wireless LAN card which is based on a BCM4311 chipset broadcom.

Which distrbution of Linux supports networking drivers for this card without any modifications ?

Thanks
 
Old 12-21-2007, 05:35 PM   #2
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Hadrdware is supported by the kernel, not the distribution. As far as I know, 2.6.22 has the support for your card. You should probably get a distro that uses this kernel. Look on http://distrowatch.com/
If not, I heard this card works nicely with ndiswrapper.
 
Old 12-21-2007, 07:55 PM   #3
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The kernel drivers are flakey at best. Always had best luck using ndiswrapper.

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Old 12-21-2007, 08:28 PM   #4
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Ubuntu 7.10 has support for that card. You have to enable it from the restricted drivers manager.

Fedora 8 does as well, though you have to do a little work to make it work.

I normally would agree with ndiswrapper being better, but I haven't had a single problem with these methods.
 
  


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