problem of broadcom wireless LAN device on my laptop (Real WinD)

[Lee Revell]

On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 13:32 +0100, hrumag at gmail.com wrote:
> I also have this problem. I've read that drivers for WLANcards are not 
> always available in linux env. This because many WLANcard have not a 
> hardware lock, so, in theory, if you manage to "drive the driver", you 
> are able to scan frequencies that are NOT allowed (i.e., police radio 
> frequencies). I've also tried to use ndiswrapper (that implements a 
> translation of the driver provided for Windows), but the problem 
> persists. The WLAN led on my laptop is off now. I manage to create an 
> ad-hoc link, but I can't lock any infrastructured link. HELP US!!!
> I'm a WLANed student too!!! :-D
> 

The FCC issue is just a cop out that the vendors use because they don't
want to release their specs so Linux drivers can be developed.  It's
perfectly legal to release an open source WLAN driver.

Lee