Hi check this link, http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Dell_Inspiron_1520#Wireless_Network
It says that <snip> You should install the Windows driver from Dell if you would like to take advantage of the full bandwith of your WLAN card (meaning 54 MBit/s). !!FIXME!! If you would like to use the kernel driver, probably you can but only with limited (11 MBit/s) bandwith. </snip> BTW, I am more interested to get things working. Quality would be my second priority. Thanks, flukebox On Feb 9, 2008 5:42 PM, Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 9 February 2008, dell core2duo wrote: > > > > IIRC, the drivers for your card are now included in the kernel > > > (bcm43xx). > > > > Does those driver provide the full features as ndiswrappers ?? > > Don't know what you mean exactly by "full features". I have used them in > infrastructure mode with no problems (wpa2). However, here's the > official page: > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 > > according to > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/devices > > your card (14E4:4311) is supported. > > You need the firmware for the card, and the appropriate *-cutter tool to > extract the firmware from the driver (it's in portage). > Detailed info and step-by-step instructions are provided in the > aforementioned page. > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > >
