[KLUG Members] Getting our Compaq laptop on wireless

[Bruce Smith]

> After Bruce's suggestion of going to Compaq homepage (Google is my
> friend) to see if they had the drivers I am looking for (the 2 Windows
> files needed to install in ndis wrapper,) I found 2 drivers that say
> they are Broadcom WLAN Network Adapters.  One says that it is a user
> interface for Windows XP and the other says it is a driver for Windows
> XP.  Does W in WLAN stand for wireless?  

Yes, "W" = "wireless".

> Do these kind of look like the right ones.  

No idea.  Give them a try.

> They are the only ones that look like the right stuff.
> The reference I am using to pick the files is the first paragraph in
> instruction 2.0 at this websight:
> http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Suse%20Professional%209.2

 - BS