Details

ManufacturerDell (by Broadcom)
ModelBCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI
Buspci
TypeNetwork controller
Id14e4
Info24311
Info31028
Info40007

Information

product brief in pdf


Ratings

Overall rating: 3.0 x 27

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 1.5 x 4
  • openSUSE 10.2 i586: 3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 AuthenticAMD: 3.0 x 1
  • Dual O.S. 4 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.0 i586: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 7.10 i386: 3.0 x 2
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD: 3.0 x 1
  • openSUSE 10.3 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 8 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.04 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 8 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.04 i386: -3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel: 3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 9 i386: -5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Kreators-LinuxSuite 2007 i586: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1
  • Mandriva Linux 2008.1 i586: 3.0 x 1
  • Arch Linux Arch Linux \r (\n) (\l) GenuineIntel: 3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 10 x86_64: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 9.04 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Fedora 12 x86_64: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2 AuthenticAMD: 5.0 x 1

Comments

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

I had to install ndiswrapper
I use nm-applet (WEP and WPA work)

Working PCI wireless cards on openSUSE 10.2 i586 (kernel: 2.6.18.8-0.5-default) by jorgy (3):

ndiswrapper to the rescue! (downloaded drivers from dell’s site)

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.22-az) by msnide (3):

ndiswrapper works
bcm43xx is buggy
bcm43xx_mac80211 is fine, using kernel 2.6.22 + git wireless additions

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 7.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.20-16-generic) by soberalien8 (-3):

With NDISWrapper and winzozz drivers

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

some tutorials will say to use ndiswrapper. dont. use bcm43xx module + bcm43xx-fwcutter.

Working PCI wireless cards on Mandriva Linux 2008.0 i586 (kernel: 2.6.22.9-laptop-1mdv) by Greg62 (3):

Need to install Ndiswrapper

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.23-gentoo-r4) by Silverfish (3):

Needs NDISWrappers, but then works fine. WPA and WPA2 supported.

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora 8 i386 (kernel: 2.6.23.15-137.fc8) by eliotondo (5):

It is required to use b43-fwcutter to extract the card firmware, or to downlad firmware from the site indicated in the error messages logged to /var/log/messages

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

Works with ndiswrapper

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 8.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.24-17-generic) by keanu (-3):

Iffy at the moment, apparently a new kernel release is expected to fix it.

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.25-tuxonice-r4) by prentonmantoonsenva (3):

Works fine with 2.6.25 kernel, with wpa_supplicant. With kernel < 2.6.25, I use ndiswrapper

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.24-19-generic) by harbit713 (5):

I was very surprised about this one, because I have always had difficulty getting broadcom wireless cards to work on Linux. After the Gutsy Gibbon upgrade of Ubuntu, however, it asked me if I wanted to install a restricted driver for it, which has worked perfectly ever since.

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora 10 x86_64 (kernel: 2.6.27.7-134.fc10.x86_64) by rsandu (3):

I needed to use fwcutter to get the firmware from the Windows drivers, than it worked. I’m on Fedora 10 right now…

Working PCI wireless cards on Arch Linux Arch Linux \r (\n) (\l) GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.27-ARCH) by engored (3):

b43-fwcutter needed.

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 9.04 i386 (kernel: 2.6.28-15-generic) by deshgloshe (5):

Fully works out of box.
Partial injection and monitoring works.

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