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Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 69

Issues with wireless, Broadcom 4310

Hello, I have some problem installing wireless driver for this device:

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)

I checked the wiki, but my device (4310) doesn't seem to be supported. I read that people have just used ndiswrapper.. However, on Ubuntu, the Hardware Manager has a driver available (which works), and I think it's called sky2..

Anyway, is this driver to be found somewhere and installable on Arch, or most I use ndiswrapper?

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: Issues with wireless, Broadcom 4310

Hello, I have some problem installing wireless driver for this device:

Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)

I checked the wiki, but my device (4310) doesn't seem to be supported. I read that people have just used ndiswrapper.. However, on Ubuntu, the Hardware Manager has a driver available (which works), and I think it's called sky2..

Anyway, is this driver to be found somewhere and installable on Arch, or most I use ndiswrapper?

I think for now you'll have to use ndiswrapper. The 4310 card is scheduled to be supported by b43-fwcutter in a (near) future release.

Last edited by skottish (2008-08-01 15:14:26)

kclive18

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From: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Registered: 2008-05-08

Posts: 219

Re: Issues with wireless, Broadcom 4310

Yeah that b43 driver is kinda quirky atm, as it doesn't support that ONE chipset (it supports my laptop's 4318).  Amazing how a little number makes such a big difference.

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