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From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Subject: Re: cannot find windows driver for nic, please help
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On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:35, Brian H wrote:
> Greetings Bill,
>
> I own a linksys WMP11 with the following chipset.
>     vendor   =3D 'Broadcom Corporation'
>     device   =3D 'BCM4301 802.11b IEEE 802.11b WLAN client chipset'
>     class    =3D network
>
> I am trying to get it working in freebsd 5.2.1, so i figured I could ju=
st
> goto the linksys website and download the windows driver.
>
> http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=3D33&scid=3D36&prid=3D=
196
>
> the problem is the driver contains the bcmwl5.sys file, but it does not
> contain the bcmwl5.ini file.
>

You have me totally confused or am I missing something? How does a window=
s=20
driver help you with freebsd 5.2.1 ?

Malcolm