Ubuntu Linux with Dell 1370WLAN, chipset BCM 43xx.

Netgear WG511t, WG511U, NOT WG511.

Thanks 444, I'll give it a try.

I have a Dell Latitude D600 with the BCM 43xx wifi card installed. I used the bcm43xx driver and fw-cutter utility to get mine working under Mandriva 2007.

Look here...
http://www.t2-project.org/packages/bcm43xx-fw.html

Although this is actually for dapper, the general process works very well, the main difference is that instead of installing ndiswrapper-utils, you now install ndiswrapper-utils1.9 for feisty.

http://www.seungpyo.com/stacksandpiles/2006/07/02/broadcom-wireless-in-ubuntu-dapper-606/

Thanks for these links. I'll let you know when I get it working.

Thank you, thank you JTorres176 (05-04-2007) for referencing the link to Dave's procedure! Worked for 3 days trying to get Broadcom's internal wireless Mini-PCI card working (I'm a Linux newbie). bcm43xx-fwcutter didn't work...almost gave up, then found your posting. Can't believe I succeeded. Glad Dell will sell pre-installed Linux because I can't picture tech support walking someone through this on the phone. Let's keep the Dell Linux support forum going too. I did notice the similarities to Dave's procedure on this help page: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_openwiki/Itemid,33/id,installation/ Other suggestions to add to Dave's procedure (otherwise no change): BCMWL5.SYS and bcmwl5.inf files were retrieved from Windows\system32\... Used Synaptic to install ndiswrapper-utils1.9 for feisty. I milk my PCs for more than just a few years. MS XP was finally a decent OS, but Ubuntu Linux flies with only the 512 MB RAM. My configuration: 3 year old Inspiron 8600, Windows XP SP2 Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN Mini-PCI Card

Use ndiswrapper with the bwm5*.inf file you should see in the c:/drivers/network/addins folder. the 1370 in my 6000 works fine in PCLinuxOS when I load that driver using ndiswrapper.