OK...I've got Debian running on my laptop...Still trying to work out the Nvidia driver issue. As far as the below stated...how do I access this exact info??? Networking on my desktop only shows my ethernet on eth1. It also recognizes my firewire on eth0. Should I install wlassistant?
The steps from this website/forum
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.p...art=0.....seem to be too simple. I am going to try the bcm43-fwcutter first. I mean the card he describes in the top of the page is a "Dell Wireless 1350." Mine is a "Dell Wireless 1390." I always appreciate any input given, and any input to be given. It builds a stronger learning curve!!!
Preparing the kernel
If you are using a stock kernel then chances are you already have everything you need in your kernel. If you need to compile your own kernel or are unsure how to check if the following options are enabled, see Kernel compile and install on Debian systems.
Code:
Networking -->
<*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack [*] Enable full debugging output
<M> IEEE 802.11 WEP encryption (802.1x)
<M> IEEE 802.11i CCMP support
<M> IEEE 802.11i TKIP encryption
<*> Software MAC add-on to the IEEE 802.11 networking stack [*] Enable full debugging output
Using the native linux driver (recommended)
As of kernel 2.6.17 support for Broadcom BCM43xx cards is available natively in linux (You should probably use a kernel >= 2.6.20 however). The addition of this driver stems from the addition of a Softmac layer in the wireless stack. Softmac is a software MAC (machine access control) layer that works with Linux's built-in 802.11 layer. This provides a great deal of WiFi protocol management features for chips that, unlike Intel Pro Wireless chip family, don't handle in hardware. (For more information see here.) The native linux driver, bcm43xx, works well and should probably be tried before Ndiswrapper. To try it out enable the following in addition to the options above:Code:
Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) -> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio)
<M> Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support [*] Broadcom BCM43xx debugging (RECOMMENDED)
BCM43xx data transfer mode (DMA + PIO) --->