Yes, it is possible to make it work under Linux. There is a broadcom driver for Linux, but it seems most people prefer to use the Windows drivers with ndiswrapper on Linux (ndiswrapper provides a linux interface to windows NDIS drivers).
This forum thread may help you: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=373998 The poster there also has a Dell Wireless 1470 Dual Band, so the advice there should be helpful, except that he has a 64-bit system which caused problems for him. If you're on a 32-bit system, that detail may not be applicable. Hope this helps. On 3/6/07, Heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all, A friend of mine has an HP laptop running Ubuntu 6.10 and is not certain how to set up the "Dell wireless 1470 dual band wlan (vendoe Broadcomm)" card in his machine. Ubuntu told him what it was so is it supported in Linux or just recognised? Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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