broadcom wireless

[ChurchedAtheist]

I have a Inspiron 5100 w/ a fresh install of Ubuntu. I can not get the wireless to work. it has a Broadcom 4306 rev 02 in it. I tried the ndiswrapper guide here, and that didn't work. any ideas?

i re installed, so it is a fresh slate for tips.

 

[homaki]

EDIT: This used to work back in the days...

sudo aptitude install bcm43xx-fwcutter

but I think its only available on x86

 

[mohaas05]

You odn't need ndiswrapper. There is a native broadcom driver for Linux.

 

[ChurchedAtheist]

You odn't need ndiswrapper. There is a native broadcom driver for Linux.

there is?

where?

 

[mohaas05]

It's called bcm4xx. Like said above you can probably find it on apt.

 

[ChurchedAtheist]

It's called bcm4xx. Like said above you can probably find it on apt.

you mean bcm43xx, and that only allows painfully slow wireless B afaik. never could get it working ne way

 

[mohaas05]

I have bcm43xx on my laptop PCMCIA card and it works ok. The only other alternative really is ndiswrapper and that is even less of a chance of getting it to work.

 

[ChurchedAtheist]

its pissing me off, because I got it working before w/ ndiswrapper, and this time it doesn't want to work.

 

[mohaas05]

Are you installing all the .inf files for your driver? Also did you run ndiswrapper -ma, ndiswrapper -mi, ndiswrapper -m after installing the driver?

Try the bcm43xx driver first. Ndiswrapper should be a last resort.

 

[ChurchedAtheist]

alright. im gonna drop the lappy off w/ a nix wiz i know tomorrow. he'll give it back wed(i hope) with the wifi hopefully working. but if not, i'll try those suggestions.

 

[birdman]

which version of ubuntu?

my inspiron 1500 had the broadcom driver preinstalled, i just had to activate it under restricted drivers. (my ubuntu was 8.10)

 

[NoEffex]

Old thread - I know.

However, I feel it's important to make this comment.

Install b43, as it works perfectly. It's pretty much an updated bcm43xx, with support for WEP, WPA, and G, and such.

Guide here:
b43 - Linux Wireless

I've used it since I discovered it, and my BCM4306 works like a charm.