Details

ManufacturerDell (by Broadcom)
ModelBCM4310 USB Controller
Buspci
TypeNetwork controller
Id14e4
Info24315
Info31028
Info4000b

Information

Dell’s Linux Wiki page of this component:
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Tech/Wireless#Dell_TrueMobile_.2F_Broadcom


Ratings

Overall rating: 2.0 x 6

By Linux distribution:

  • Fedora 8 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 9 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 9 i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 GenuineIntel: 3.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 8.10 i386: -3.0 x 1
  • Fedora 10 i386: 3.0 x 1

Comments

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora 8 i386 (kernel: 2.6.25.10-47.fc8) by UsagiYojimbo (3):

After changing Vista drivers to XP drivers, it is working now…

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora 9 i386 (kernel: 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686) by UsagiYojimbo (3):

Needs ndiswrapper with XP drivers…

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.26-gentoo-r1) by Cheater512 (3):

Requires ndiswrapper

Working PCI wireless cards on Fedora 9 i386 (kernel: 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686) by toantoet (3):

Using ndiswrapper

Working PCI wireless cards on Ubuntu 8.10 i386 (kernel: 2.6.27-11-generic) by mschulte (-3):

Have had trouble getting WPA encryption to work – though this could be related to the router I’m using.

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