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Old 06-30-2004, 08:38 PM   #1
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Compaq R3050 and built in wireless

Does anyone know how to get broadcom built in wireless working
 
Old 07-02-2004, 09:00 PM   #2
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Natively, you can't... Broadcom being weenies. You can, no kidding, use a module that wraps for the windows driver. There's the open source headachey one and the commercial, 30 day trial pay driver:

ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

and

www.linuxant.com

respectively.

Cheers,

Finegan
 
  


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