diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index a0623ef..8910d7f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
 ####  version: 1.7.24
-####  Date: October 3 2011
-####  Patch Number: 00
+####  Date: November 21 2011
+####  Patch Number: 01
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
@@ -4469,11 +4469,20 @@ get_network_advanced_data()
 			# /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:02.0/net/eth1
 			# real paths are: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e/0/0000:02:02.0/net/eth1/uevent
 			# and on older debian kernels: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:02:02.0/net:eth1/uevent
+			# but broadcom shows this sometimes:
+			# /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:03:00.0/ssb0:0/uevent:['DRIVER=b43', 'MODALIAS=ssb:v4243id0812rev0D']:
 			working_path="/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:${a_network_adv_working[4]}"
 			# now we want the real one, that xiin also displays, without symbolic links.
 			if [[ -e $working_path ]];then
 				working_path=$( readlink -f $working_path 2>/dev/null )
 			fi
+			# sometimes there is another directory between the path and /net
+			if [[ ! -e $working_path/net ]];then
+				# using find here, probably will need to also use it in usb part since the grep
+				# method seems to not be working now. Slice off the rest, which leaves the basic path
+				working_path=$( find $working_path/*/uevent 2>/dev/null | \
+				sed 's|/net.*||' )
+			fi
 			# working_path=$( ls /sys/devices/pci*/*/0000:${a_network_adv_working[4]}/net/*/uevent  )
 		else
 			# slice off the usb- part