[wellylug] Broadcom Wireless on ASUS laptop

Mangee - Jo joseph at paradise.net.nz
Sat Mar 19 12:14:24 NZDT 2005


On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:01:15 +1100, Rob Stockley <wellylug at mowgli.net.nz> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I've got an ASUS A2500D laptop with integrated Broadcom wireless adapter. The laptop dual boots Debian Sid and that other OS. I've been able to get most things going except for the wireless adapter. I know Broadcom don't support Linux and have instead attempted to implement an ndiswrapper solution. Everything seems to go okay except that the wireless adapter won't turn on. I can configure the interface using iwconfig but when I try to bring it up the wireless light on the front on the laptop remains unlit and the dhcp client times out. My questions:
>
> Has anyone else succeeded in getting one of these suckers going ?
> Is there a command turn on/off the adapter under linux?

Is it as simple as an enable/disable button on the keyboard?  Or do those buttons need the other OS :(
Sorry - not much help

> I'm still searching for an answer but so far I'm coming up blank :(
>
> Rob
>
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