FC4, Ndiswrapper 1.2 and Broadcom 93406 rev 02

[Robert L Cochran <cochranb speakeasy net>]

My experience with Ndiswrapper 1.2 on FC4 (i386 arch, 1369 kernel) on my 
HP Compaq nx9010 laptop mirrors that of radioact1ve in his posts "Wifi 
Question". The laptop has a Broadcom 93406 rev 02 chipset built in. I 
was able to get Ndiswrapper and wireless working just fine under Fedora 
Core 3 and I might backgrade because of it since I positively must have 
wireless working.

I also cannot get Ndiswrapper working by using my Buffalo Air 
(WLI-CB-G54A) pc card. The driver loads, one of the card's lights goes 
on, but there is no wireless activity of any sort.

One note: the nx9010 machines run extremely hot, especially the memory 
compartment. I'm maxed out with 1 Gb RAM and that memory compartment 
gets HOT. It is hot enough to be really unpleasant. I think the very 
intense heat has the effect of cooking any CD that is in the optical 
drive. This seems to trigger a lot of CD read errors. HP's engineers, in 
their infinite wisdom, built a hot system and then put the optical drive 
right near one of the hottest zones.

I wonder if the heat is also cooking the wireless chips built into the 
machine? But I'm straying off the point.

Bob Cochran