[LUNI] Trouble with broadcom wireless 4311 in Ubuntu 7.10

[Andrew Bassett]

>
> The laptop will not boot if you put in
> a "non-approved" (read non-HP) wifi card.  Seems to be the latest
> lock-in strategy.  HP refuses to take the laptop back or to provide a
> BIOS not locked.  Needless to say I do not recommend HP laptops to
> clients.  Good luck and I hope yours is not this way.
>
>
I have an HP Compaq 8710w with integrated wireless which will not work on
kernels < 2.6.18. I slapped in a b/g pcmcia dlink card and I'm typing this
right now from a wireless connection.

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Andrew Bassett