Details

ManufacturerHewlett-Packard (by Broadcom)
ModelNX9500 Built-in Wireless
Buspci
TypeNetwork controller
Id14e4
Info24320
Info3103c
Info412f4

Ratings

Overall rating: 1.0 x 5

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: -1.0 x 3
  • Debian lenny/sid i386: 3.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 GenuineIntel: 5.0 x 1

Comments

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

Broadcom, Liberate your driver code !!!!

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

You need to install the bcm43xx firmware. A script that does this is available via the bcm43xx-fwcutter package on ubuntu.

Working PCI wireless cards on Debian lenny/sid i386 (kernel: 2.6.21) by maxsantini (3):

needs a firmware file and a Fw-cutter

Working PCI wireless cards on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 GenuineIntel (kernel: 2.6.23) by Jerry_McBride (5):

This is actually a BCM43xx, needs window firmware to actually work. See the Gentoo HOWTO‘s…

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