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Mandriva

doppleganger
02-05-2007, 12:27 PM
Installed Mandriva distro on my Dell D600 however I can not seem to find drivers for the wirless nic Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller.

it seems as though it may have found everything else - of course I'm not totally sure about that yet tho as this is my first install to linux. Wanted to get the internet portion up and running first, then I could use that to download additional drivers if needed.
No dual boot here either.
Thanks!

Nodsu
02-05-2007, 02:57 PM
I know it's totally unbelievable and counterintuitive, but Linux drivers for Broadcom ethernet chips can be found on the Broadcom's website..

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02-05-2007, 02:57 PM

doppleganger
02-05-2007, 03:06 PM
DOH! I never thought about looking there! :(
/me smacks self!

doppleganger
02-06-2007, 02:45 PM
seems as if I was able to install the driver (hopefully it was the correct one - dell listed it as 570x and site listed the "x" with replacement #'s).

However, it seems I still can not get access to the internet. It says its connected, but I can't ping anything or hit any web pages.

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