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Re: [LUG] Wireless on debian lenny laptop - help at lug meeting tomorrow

 

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Dan Dart <dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>>
>> pan0      no wireless extensions.
>
> Firmware. Always was for me.
> Make sure your bcm43xx firmware is located in /lib/firmware.
> Debian, unlike Ubuntu, comes with no firmware for wireless cards.

Thanks for your reply Dan. In the /lib/firmware/b43 directory there
are 32 files all with a .fw suffix. I guess this is correct?

Roly :-)

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