Re: Brodcom 43 Failing of FC8

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday crashcourse ca>]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Jeff Burns wrote:

> > Wait .. I see I used the wrong firmware version for my kernel.
> >
> > Mike.
> >
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> You need to grab this file:
>
> http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
>
> Extract and then do
>
> []# b43-fwcutter
> -w /lib/firmware/ /path/to/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta.o
>
> This is what brought my BCM4306 to life.

not to sound repetitive, but my wiki page has a fairly reliable set of
instructions that have worked for me.

http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Broadcom_wireless_on_Fedora_8

rday
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