wLan drivers Solaris 10

wowfood · 12-09-2008, 04:15 PM

yeah, after fiddling round with linux for a while i decided i'd try something else, and i have to say i think i've kind've hit it off with openSolaris, i just have one small problem.

My laptop has a broadcom bcm4311 802.11b/g wLan built in to it. And their support for anything not windows is attrocious. Right now i'm having a few problems trying to even find the drivers for windows version, let alone the process of making solaris drivers using the ndis thing.

What i wanted to ask was if anyone knew any of the following

1: if somebody else has already made some drivers and they're stored somewhere to save me fiddling with ndis.

2: if there are any usb / expresscard wLan adapters which are natively supported by openSolaris 10.

3: what the main strengths / weakneses of the solaris os are (may as well ask while i'm here)

**wmorri** · 12-10-2008, 08:30 AM

Hi,

It appears that there is a problem with running that card with OpenSolaris at the moment. However, I have found that you can run it from the 32bit system. Here is a link to a pdf file that gives directions on how to set it up. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/commun...ss_Success.pdf

Cheers!

12-09-2008, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
wowfood Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 71 OS: WinXP home	wLan drivers Solaris 10 yeah, after fiddling round with linux for a while i decided i'd try something else, and i have to say i think i've kind've hit it off with openSolaris, i just have one small problem. My laptop has a broadcom bcm4311 802.11b/g wLan built in to it. And their support for anything not windows is attrocious. Right now i'm having a few problems trying to even find the drivers for windows version, let alone the process of making solaris drivers using the ndis thing. What i wanted to ask was if anyone knew any of the following 1: if somebody else has already made some drivers and they're stored somewhere to save me fiddling with ndis. 2: if there are any usb / expresscard wLan adapters which are natively supported by openSolaris 10. 3: what the main strengths / weakneses of the solaris os are (may as well ask while i'm here) __________________ Mobo: Asus Striker II Formula skt 775 Ram: 2x Corsair 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz in dual channel Processor: intel q6600 quad core, 2.4ghz HD: 2 x Maxtor 500GB 1x Maxtor 1000gb PSU: Tagan 700w ATX2 Power Supply Sound: Asus soundcard that came with mobo GPU: 2x MSI 7900 GT/GTO 512mb memory in SLi

12-10-2008, 08:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,715 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: wLan drivers Solaris 10 Hi, It appears that there is a problem with running that card with OpenSolaris at the moment. However, I have found that you can run it from the 32bit system. Here is a link to a pdf file that gives directions on how to set it up. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/commun...ss_Success.pdf Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!