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    Ferrari 4000 WLAN chip...

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by cltang, Jul 8, 2005.

  1. cltang

    cltang Newbie

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    Can anyone tell me what 802.11 chip does the Ferrari 4000 use?
    It seems that Acer support/downloads has drivers from both Broadcom and Atheros, kind of confusing....
    Thanks...
     
    cltang, Jul 8, 2005
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    REDFROG Notebook Evangelist

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    802.11G is that what you mean
     
    REDFROG, Jul 10, 2005
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  3. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Cltang,

    Since you bought the notebook, you should know if it's an 802.11 A/B/G capable card or if it's just an 802.11 B/G card. The Atheros driver is for the A/B/G capable card and the Broadcom is for the one that is only has B/G support.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jul 10, 2005
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    Oh, I haven't bought it yet,
    I was just researching what hardware it has, to assure Linux support....
    I know of the madwifi sourceforge project making a Linux Atheros driver,
    but not sure of Broadcom chips....
     
    cltang, Jul 11, 2005
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