Newbie: acer ferrari wireless
i have an acer ferrari 3200.. just installed fedora 10..
how do i setup my wireless..? i am a total newbie trying to get a grip on linux and move away from windows.. Is there a post i can read about this or if someone has dealt with this or a similar issue, your input is welcome |
AFAIK you need to use ndiswrapper for this laptop.
Take a look at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=29659 on how to use ndiswrapper |
Post the output of lspci so we can see what wireless you have. there may be other options than ndiswrapper (yuck)
if it's the Broadcom BCM4306 then it should work with the b43 driver. bcm4306 (Rev. 2 uses b43legacy, Rev. 3 uses b43) http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 |
here is what i got from lspci
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00:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) I have tried ndidwrapper but did not like it and gave up due to too many commands as was too complicated for a newbie like me |
Using the native driver isn't really going to be any less complicated.. but I do prefer native drivers to using a shim like ndiswrapper.
BCM4306 Rev 3 so that is the b43 Driver. Here are step by step directions for Fedora 10 Scroll down to the section titled, Using the b43 driver http://www.linlap.com/wiki/configuri...the+b43+driver |
Thanks farslayer tried that link, followed instructions, heres what i got:
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Thanks farslayer tried that link, followed instructions, heres what i got:
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... and now for Ubuntu 9.04? same issue, how do i make it work?
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For Ubuntu, I would suggest starting here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/b43
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sudo apt-get install b43-firmware Sorry for your earlier query, I do not know why you got that error.. |
thats great.. i found help here did exactly what it said.. lol
my query was merely for my own curiosity.. i like to know the why's and hows lol thanks |
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