Broadcom sta wireless driver
ArchLinux: I’m in love
It’s been a month since I’ve fully switched to Arch Linux, “a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple” and so far the experience has been very positive. That’s quite an understatement though.
Slacky diary: Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver on Slackware 12.2
Finally I was able to replace the b43 driver with a native one from Broadcom. It took a while to get it right but the reward is appealing: my signal quality has dramatically improved since then!
Here were the steps that I took, it look rather similar to this guide (in fact I followed his instructions!): [...]
Broadcom STA driver failed in Slackware 12.2
The title says it all. I’ve spent this whole morning trying to get this shitty broadcom sta wireless driver to work in my Slackware box. The reason is the quality signal is way better than the native kernel driver (b43).
Firstly, I needed a patch for my kernel (2.6.27). I used at least 3 different patches [...]
