Is there a distribution that can run a Dell 1395 Wireless card natively?

09-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
glowboats Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4	Is there a distribution that can run a Dell 1395 Wireless card natively? Hello! I recently bought a new Dell computer (Latitude D630) and I've got Windows XP running. I've tried various distro LiveCD's, but not a single one recognizes my 1395 WLAN wireless card. Has anyone had any luck with this card without using ndiswrapper? What distribution do you use? Thanks!

09-23-2008	#2 (permalink)
L4Linux Content Team Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greece Posts: 579	I would try Ubuntu, since Dell sells some laptops with Ubuntu preloaded.

09-23-2008	#3 (permalink)
techieMoe Super Moderantor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,269	To the best of my knowledge there is no way to run this card without using ndiswrapper, because it uses a Broadcom chipset. Until Broadcom decides to either release a native Linux driver or release enough of the chipset specifications that one can be written, ndiswrapper will be probably be your only option. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=704088 Dell's laptops that come with Linux all use the Intel 3945 wireless chipset, as far as I know, and this chipset has native Linux support. __________________ Registered Linux user #270181 TechieMoe's Tech Rants

09-23-2008	#4 (permalink)
glowboats Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4	Thanks L4Linux, but I'm afraid that I already have. I've tried: -Knoppix 5.0.1 -PCLOS 2007 -PCLOS 2008 MiniMe -Sabayon 3.5 Mini 64-bit -Fedora 9 64-bit (KDE4) -Kubuntu 8.04 64-bit No luck with any of them.

09-23-2008

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Originally Posted by techieMoe

To the best of my knowledge there is no way to run this card without using ndiswrapper, because it uses a Broadcom chipset. Until Broadcom decides to either release a native Linux driver or release enough of the chipset specifications that one can be written, ndiswrapper will be probably be your only option.

Dell 1395 (Broadcom 4315), ndiswrapper and Gutsy - success! - Ubuntu Forums

Dell's laptops that come with Linux all use the Intel 3945 wireless chipset, as far as I know, and this chipset has native Linux support.

That makes sense! Until I bought this Dell, I figured that they'd all be able to use all components in Ubuntu! Thanks