On the other hand, if you already have a Broadcom chipset based WiFi card, you 
can probably still use it under Linux with either a little work or a little 
cash.

ndiswrapper is an Open Source solution to using Windows drivers for (among 
other things) the Broadcom chipset.  From what I've heard, though, it's 
decidedly non-trivial to setup and use.  Definitely not for newbies.

If you are willing to part with $20, then Linuxant has a product called 
DriverLoader that should work for you.  It's similar to ndiswrapper in that 
you end up using the Windows binary driver.  It's different in the sense that 
it seems to be VERY easy to use and it's not Open Source.

On Monday 01 November 2004 08:19 am, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> I found the following from a google search:
>
> MEPIS works with most older WiFi cards but Wireless-G type cards are
> supported only if they utilize an Atheros chipset. Vendors who use the
> Atheros chipset include D-Link, NetGear, HP, IBM, NEC, and Toshiba.
> However, this could change at any time. Do not assume that all Wireless-G
> products from these vendors use an Atheros chip.
>  Broadcom chips are not yet supported by MEPIS. The Broadcom chips are used
> by Apple, Belkin, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Compaq, and Linksys.
>
> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/post-125353.html
>
> http://www.mepis.org/node/view/3444
>
> HTH,
>
> Siri Amrit
>
> > > >--- Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net> wrote:
> > > >>  Hi, all-
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks to the help of Sherry and Dennis at the
> > >
> > > last
> > >
> > > >>installfest, most
> > > >>everything is working now on my laptop. Well,
> > >
> > > almost
> > >
> > > >>everything. I spent
> > > >>an interesting but unproductive afternoon today
> > > >>trying to get a DWL-G630
> > > >>wireless D-link card to work in my laptop. Didn't
> > > >>get much in the way of
> > > >>error messages, except that dmesg shows "ERROR:
> > > >>Don't know how to get
> > > >>sensitivity for this radio type, please try to add
> > > >>that!" and "NETDEV
> > > >>WATCHDOG: transmission timed out." And iwconfig
> > > >>doesn't pick up the
> > > >>access point numbers UNLESS the WAP is powered up
> > > >>but unconnected to the
> > > >>internet. Other than that, the signal is detected,
> > > >>packets seem to be
> > > >>going back and forth, but I have no internet
> > >
> > > access
> > >
> > > >>with the device.
> > > >>
> > > >>If anybody has a simple solution to the DWL-G630
> > > >>conundrum, that would
> > > >>be great. Otherwise, I welcome reccommendations
> > >
> > > for
> > >
> > > >>a wireless card that
> > > >>will "just work," out of the box, with Mepis and
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > >>2.6.7 kernel.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >>--
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Lee Einer
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