Networking :: Broadcom 440x 10/100 not recognised

Hi everyone.

I've just started out on DSL and I'm mighty impressed, but I have one (serious) problem. DSL won't recognise my NIC. It's a Broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated controller.

controller="Broadcom Corporation | Unknown device"
driver=unknown

I've tried modprobing b44 and bcm4400 but neither work :-(
This nic has worked on every other distro I've tried without any configuration or fiddling whatsoever.

Any ideas?

Many thanks,
Dan

Oh Joy!

You now have the opportunity to learn how to set-up DSL to compile a driver.

Assuming that you are using a DSL version >3.0

1. load "gnu-utils.unc"
2. load "gcc1-with-libs.unc"
3. load "kernelsource.dsl"
4. Download the source for the driver from:
http://www.broadcom.com/support....1-Linux
5. Unpack the zip file.
6. Unpack the b44-1.00g.tar.gz and readme.txt files
7. Read the txt file.
8. Open a terminal and cd to the b44-1.00g dir.
9. Type" sudo make"
A "b44.o" file should appear in the b44* dir.
8. Please let us know if it works. ( I don't have that adapter to check myself).
Good Luck.

Thanks! That worked great.

Dan

Please share your module so others can benefit.

How? Shall I just zip it up and upload it somewhere?

Also, how do I make this permanent? I added the module to my .filetool.lst so it's saved, but which file should I edit so that the module is loaded at boot? I'm running a frugal hd install.

Thanks,
Dan

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