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Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless



Florian Kulzer wrote: 

> On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 12:12:06 +0200, Klistvud wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Another suggestion: the proprietary driver downloadable from broadcom's 
> > website works exceedingly well for BCM4321, so chances are it would 
> > work with your hardware as well. The driver comes with exhaustive 
> > instructions for compiling, so it is relatively hassle-free to install. 
> > But, needless to say, it does not follow the Debian free software 
> > guidelines... and is therefore not supported by Debian in any way, I 
> > think.  
> 
> The Broadcom STA driver (a.k.a. "wl") is included in Squeeze and Sid in
> the non-free section; it can be built with module-assistant:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/06/msg00439.html

Do I need to remove ndiswrapper first, or is it enough to simply unload the
Windows driver?

Many thanks!

-- 
J


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