Ok, I've gone and done significant searching for an answer to this however, all of the pages I've found have not worked. I have a Broadcom BCM4306 embedded in a Dell Latitude X300 that just refuses to work. The output of lspci is below:
I've used the following URLs to try and get this to work:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185174
http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html
http://davidwatson.org/2007/05/broad...isty-fawn.html

No matter what I try I can't connect. The only difference I've gotten is when I used the fwcutter. Prior to that the device wouldn't even show, but once I got the firmware in I saw a new eth1. Still I am unable to connect

Now, the only difference I see is the rev number of the embedded NIC. My system has a (rev 02) while the sources cited above all refer to (rev 03).

Is there anyone out there who has gotten the rev 02 card to work and if so what resources did you use? If push comes to shove I can just use an old D-Link 802.11b card I have sitting around but I'd rather use the integrated if I possibly can.

Thanks.

Look at the readme file for the bcm43xx and the fwcutter-bcm43xx packages ( /usr/share/packages/*). There is a text file that has links to the drivers you should use for various controller versions. Also make sure you have the wireless tools and wpa_supplicant packages installed.

If the device shows up and you can scan for APs using iwlist, then the driver installation portion probably worked. Be sure to look at your /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/ configuration. If the ndiswrapper entry is listed that can cause a conflict. I'm not certain if wpa is supported at 56Mbs using the bcm43xx driver. If fwcutter didn't say anything about it then you may be OK.

After the device works, you need to configure wpa before you will get an IP address using DHCP. You can use the "wpa_cli" program to monitor the authentication process.

I'm not familiar with how slackware configures wireless. I think that the psk may be entered in an rc script instead of a <device>-cfg file in /etc/sysconfig/network/. The LQ Wiki has a wireless section that might help. Or a slackware user may be the next to respond to your post.

Good Luck!

I would suggest blacklisting the BCW43xx driver and then using ndiswrapper for wireless.

I used this link and it worked instantly...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405990


Hope it helps

What does this mean? What's it for? I couldn't find any
info about blacklisting smtng...

Sorry should have explained.

To ensure that there isn't a conflict between ndiswrapper and the bcmw43xx module, you blacklist it to make sure that the kernel doesn't load it at boot. to do this do:

invoke: sudo kate /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and add:
# exclude the kernel Broadcom driver
blacklist bcm43xx

Save this and exit kate.

invoke: sudo kate /etc/modules
and add: ndiswrapper

Save and exit kate

This blacklists the bcm43xx driver and ensures that ndiswrapper is loaded at boot.

The ndiswrapper available in the Feisty Repos DOESN'T WORK FOR ME. I just downloaded the latest stable version from http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ckage_id=99148 and then downloaded the windows XP driver from the manufacturers website. Make sure that you remove the version from the Feisty repos if you have installed it already. Ndiswrapper doesn't support wireless sniffing amongst other things, so if you need to use AirSnort or similar for network security then it's no good for you.

I found it a lot more stable than the bcm43xx and easily configurable using wpa_supplicant.

Oh hey, that may be why it didn't work. I'll have to make sure and blacklist the normal module.

Thanks.