Re: AirportExtreme on albook G4 15"

[Charles-Edouard Ruault <ce@idtect.com>]

On Jan 15, 2004, at 6:34 PM, Chris Anderson wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:57, Charles-Edouard Ruault wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i've installed debian testing on my new 1Gz albook 15".
> > Everythingworks fine ( after some tweaking of course, so far i'm using
> > theframebuffer for X ), except the extreme wireless card.
> > lspci ( cf attached file ) shows it as a Broadcom BCM94306 rev3 chip. 
> > I've googled a bit and found some solutions for linux i386 using
> > thenative windows drivers but of course this is not an option on a ppc
> > :-(
> > Has anyone managed to get this working ?
> > Thanks for your help.
> > Regards.
> >
> > Charles-Edouard Ruault
> > Idtect SA
> > tel: +33-1-42-81-81-84
> > fax: +33-1-42-81-82-21
>
> If I recall correctly, there is currently no way to use the Airport
> Extreme card in linux. However, since you have a powerbook you can get
> an original Airport card and use that without any problems.
>
> -Chris
Hi Chris,
thanks for the reply. 
That's what i was suspecting .... no support for this guy.
Well i'll use my old orinoco card if i really need wifi on the powerbook ....
Regards


Charles-Edouard Ruault