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Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless

by Florian Kulzer-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 12:12:06 +0200, Klistvud wrote:

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> Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's
> website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would
> work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive
> instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install.
> But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software
> guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I
> think.

The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html

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