Peter Stuge wrote:
> Yuval Hager wrote:
>> HP Mini 2133
> 
> I posted about the wifi in this guy a while back. It has ABG b43
> which isn't really properly supported, at least not the A part but
> the reaction I got from mentioning the chipset made me not expect too
> much. I don't know if the ABG can be expected to behave exactly like
> the BG when not using .11a. I doubt it.

Wrong - if does. The B/G part of this BCM4312 is the same as the BCM4311. I
think the card you asked about (also called the BCM4312) has an LP PHY, which is
not supported.

>> (HP product number FU346EA).
> 
> I just now noticed that the wifi seems to be a miniPCI card. If I
> was you I would just replace it. :)

One problemn is the HP BIOS whitelists PCI cards. If you plug the wrong one in,
the BIOS refuses to boot.

> You can test this by starting only the X server and nothing else,
> simply run the command X (one capital X) instead of startx or an init
> script for kdm or anything else. You will get only the X server
> running (black/white dots background) and you have to kill it with
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. It would be interesting to know the results.

That is a good idea.
> 
> Yes. I expect it's the ABG causing problems because it isn't so well
> known.

No, I have one of these and it works perfectly in B/G mode - even with X. Of
course, the A part doesn't work, but no problem.

Larry

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