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I believe I have a Broadcom BCM4318 Wireless LAN. Fedora Core 6 64-bit detects this, however, I can't seem to get it to work. I've tried the Network Manager to activate it and have had no luck.
What are some simple next steps? Will I need to get as complex as recompiling the kernel?
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Sincerely,
Chris
p.s. And yes, I'm a Newbie.
Last edited by schwartzchrisj; 06-02-2007 at 04:00 PM.
Lets see what card you have, in a terminal;
su -
lspci
just post the broadcom part something like
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4311 (rev 01)
I believe I have a Broadcom BCM4326 Wireless LAN. Fedora Core 6 64-bit detects this, however, I can't seem to get it to work. I've tried the Network Manager to activate it and have had no luck.
What are some simple next steps? Will I need to get as complex as recompiling the kernel?
Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Sincerely,
Chris
p.s. And yes, I'm a Newbie.
I have a BCM4306 card working in FC6 but can't remember exactly what I did now I do recall that I needed firmware - obtained by downloading a Windows driver and using fwcutter to extract the correct file. Google for 'bcm43xx on fc6' and 'bcm43xx fwcutter'.
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I do recall that I needed firmware - obtained by downloading a Windows driver and using fwcutter to extract the correct file. Google for 'bcm43xx on fc6' and 'bcm43xx fwcutter'.
