[gPXE] Wi-FI connectivity from CDROM

[Doug Glenn]

Greetings,

I have been cursed to have been given a dozen DELL Vostro 1520
systems.  I had to upgrade the BIOS in order to get the Wifi working
with Kubuntu....   but that is not my issue.

I currently have 8 workstations connected to a LTSP system (Open Suse
Education server) and I need to connect these laptops to the same
server.  We want to connect them to the LTSP system and boot them via
TFTP.

Currently, the boot CD rom (made from rom-o-matic) only initializes
the internal eth0 connection and not the wifi connection, so it does
not connect.

I need to have these boot and connect via Wi-Fi then boot from the server.

Restrictions:  I can't modify the hard drive or install software on
it.  Political and unchangeable. Story too long and has no bearing on
the problem, so I won't go into it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I have downloaded the source,
but am clueless on how to modify it for my needs.  I checked out the
current patches, but none appear to be what I need. I have read the
Wiki section on wireless, but without sucess.

The laptops apparently use the broadcom chipset and are initialized by
'modprobe lw' from what I can figure out googling for the WiFi init
answer.

Thanks in advance!

Doug Glenn
FORUM Information Systems, LLC
http://foruminfosystems.com