Compaq/HP C500 Wifi (BCM4311) [SOLVED]

[OfW00d]

I'm reposting this from elsewhere,
but I can't recall where I saw it.

get ndiswrapper (I used 1.36)
mkdir /etc/wireless
wget ftp.dell.com/network/R14077.exe
unzip -a that file
ndiswrapper -i that file
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper
turn on radio with button

iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid <id> to connet
dhcpcd wlan0

(this uses the following gentoo
packages and their patches:
ndiswrapper, wget, unzip

'n00b' attests to the ease of using gentoo on some 12-odd machines since 2004
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