I decided to join the laptop club and bought a Compaq Presario
V6420US.  

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147458

Call me ancient but I´ve never had wireless ethernet before so it´s new
to me.  I can´t seem to get it working.  Initially I tried using
ndiswrapper but compaq.com gives me file not found for the XP drivers.

Then I tried (as I did not know it existed before) using the Broadcom
drivers in the linux kernel.  This fails too with no access points
found.  dmesg reveals bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR.

The laptop has a wired ethernet port which works without any harassment
at all.  But it´s a laptop... I don´t want to be plugged into anything.

Searching google reveals that some ubuntu user got it working so I know
it´s possible.  I just don´t know what man page I need to read or what
documentation I´m missing.  If anyone has a clue I´d be appreciative. 
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