Ben Klein wrote: > I have just bought a Linksys WPC54G adapter based on research indicating > it was a Broadcom chipset that works with ndiswrapper. I have not tried > ndiswrapper yet, as I found out about bcm43xx in the 2.6.17 kernel after > confirming it is a Broadcom. > > I'm sending this email to show the product/vendor ID of this particular > card. The combination of IDs does not appear in the bcm43xx device list > but the WPC54G v1.2 is listed.
The WPC54G has used several chips. Mine, which is one of the earliest, uses a BCM4306 rev. 2. > lspci: > 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One > 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) > > lspci -vn: > 02:00.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02) > Subsystem: 1737:0048 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 > Memory at 22000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] > > > I haven't been able to confirm whether this card works or not, as I > don't have a wireless network configured at home. I will be heading into > wireless networks tomorrow and with any luck will be able to confirm > that this card works. The 4318 may or may not work with the bcm43xx driver. There are known problems with transmit power on that chip, which are being addressed; however, there are no promises as to when the driver will be ready. The card should work with ndiswrapper. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] http://bat.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
