| Ah, I wish I had known about this two days ago, when I was beating my head against the wall trying to get WPA going on my WMP54GS. Oh well, at least I have something that works now.
It would make consumers' lives so much easier if OEM arrangements weren't so restrictive. If the product documentation would just state explicitly "this product is based on XX chipset/design/etc. and you can go to XX's web site for the latest drivers." And of course, the actual hardware provider has to cooperate too, by making their drivers/utilities easily locatable. Even if they plaster disclaimers all over their docs and don't provider end-user support, it would still be better than the hoops we have to jump through today just to get proper drivers for products we've paid for. |
| Broadcom WLAN Network Adapters Driver for Windows XP version 3.00 D (10 Dec 04)
This package contains the Microsoft Windows XP driver for the HP Wireless LAN 54g WL450, Broadcom 802.11b, Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g, Broadcom 802.11b/g, and Broadcom 802.11a/b/g adapters for the listed models. Includes 802.11g compliance for supported adapters that are capable of 802.11g. Supports Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). Supports LEAP, and other Cisco features (software supplicant required). This version includes "125 High Speed Mode" support for certain notebook models (see Enhancements section) with a Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g adapter.
Enhancements
* Provides Broadcom 802.11b, 802.11g driver Version 3.70.22.0.
* Adds support for the Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN card.
* Provides support for "125 High Speed Mode" on Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g adapters on models listed above
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Broadcom WLAN Network Adapters User Interface for Windows XP version 4.00 A (18 Feb 05) UPDATE: Utility & Driver
This package contains the Broadcom WLAN Utility, Version 3.100.56.0, for Microsoft Windows XP for the following network adapters in the listed notebook models:
- Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g Adapter
- Broadcom 802.11b Adapter
- Broadcom 802.11b/g Adapter
- Broadcom 802.11a/b/g Adapter
- HP Wireless LAN 54g WL450 Adapter
Enhancements
* Provides Broadcom WLAN utility user interface, version 3.100.56.0, for use with Broadcom WLAN Networks Adapter Driver (UPDATE: includes 3.100.46.0 (WHQL) built and 3.100.56.0 (non-WHQL))
* Adds new user interface.
* Adds support for Cisco Compatible Extensions V3.0 features.
* Provides support for both pre-logon connections and persistent connections.
Prerequisites
* SoftPaq SP29361, "Broadcom WLAN Network Adapters Driver for Windows XP," Version 3.70.22.0 must be installed.
PS - I can't seem to be able to install these drivers using a device ID of "Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g Adapter". It never shows up when upgrading the driver. Any solutions? Other than that - all good, encryption, no connection loss, good performance, better signal levels, etc.
The new Utility 3.100.56.0 is much different from the previous release however upon extracting this 4.00A HP archive (17.3MB) I realized that it included BOTH the Utility and (HP typo) new Broadcom drivers!
The inf files point to two different driver revisions: 3.100.46.0 (WHQL) built and 3.100.56.0 (non-WHQL). Strangely enough no matter what I try, I can't install the 3.100.56.0 driver (Windows reports a "strange inf format") whereas the 3.100.46.0 installs just fine. There are also new settings: 1. WME Enabled/Disabled 2. WZC Managed Ethernet Enabled/Disabled
If anyone can modify the inf file to allow for installing the 3.100.56.0 - please let us know and possibly post a link to a modified file. Alt. PM me and email it to me so that I may host it. |
