I spotted this article on one of the forums I frequent and found the information of interest. When it comes to wireless support in many Linux distributions, the results can be spotty at best. This article covers two tools that you can try to see if your distro will be able to make a wireless connection. The instructions are generic so your results may vary. On the web site the author states:

No other hardware nowadays supports GNU/Linux as weakly as wireless network adapters. Between the constant release of new models and major vendors who are uninterested in supporting the operating system, free drivers for wireless cards are next to impossible to reverse engineer. Nor can you find many retailers willing to customize laptops as readily as they do workstations.

To make the effort less painful, this article assembles the information needed to use both programs and explains their requirements. So far as possible, it presents this information generically, but, at some stages in the use of the two programs, you may need to consult documentation for your distribution in order to complete the process.

The two tools are ndiswrapper and the other is Broadcom firmware cutter. Hopefully you will be able to make a wirless connection by trying one of these tools. All the best.

Complete article here.

Comments welcome.

[tags]linux, broadcom, mdiswrapper, wireless, connection, [/tags]