Details

ManufacturerHewlett-Packard (by Broadcom)
ModelBCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
Buspci
TypeNetwork controller
Id14e4
Info24311
Info3103c
Info41364

Ratings

Overall rating: 3.5 x 11

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 4.0 x 2
  • Mandriva Linux 2007.1 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Arch Linux Duke GenuineIntel: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.1 i586: 3.0 x 1
  • Debian lenny/sid i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2009.0 i586: 3.0 x 1
  • Debian 5.0 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 9.04 i386: 5.0 x 1

Comments

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic) by mayo (3):

ndiswrapper with windows driver

Working PCI wireless cards on Arch Linux Duke GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.21-ARCH) by trash123 (3):

Wifi – ndiswrapper + wpa_suplicant (WPA, WPA2)

Working PCI wireless cards on Mandriva Linux 2007.1 i586 (kernel: 2.6.21.5-tmb-desktop-1mdvsmp) by ltx (5):

When leaving suspend mode, “rmmod bcm43xx” and wi-fi comes back…

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-15-generic) by mhujer (3):

I have ndiswrapper and Windows driver installed

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 7.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic) by randall29 (3):

ndiswrapper + blacklist bcm43xx

Working PCI wireless cards on Mandriva Linux 2008.1 i586 (kernel: 2.6.24.4-desktop586-1mnb) by baud123 (3):

requires proprietary firmware bcm43xx_microcode5.fw
You need to extract the firmware from the .sys file provided by your vendor.
i.e bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ bcmwl5.sys

Working PCI wireless cards on Debian lenny/sid i386 (kernel: 2.6.26-rc9-686) by didit (3):

b43 kernel module. Firmware needed.

Working PCI wireless cards on Mandriva Linux 2009.0 i586 (kernel: 2.6.27.5-desktop-2mnb) by baud123 (3):

install non-free/non-distributable firmware
see http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Installing_wireless_network_cards_using_the_b43_driver

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