Wireless MiniPCI card issues under Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty

[Robert Menes]

On Jan 24, 2008 1:29 AM, <roger at rogerchrisman.com> wrote:

> My guess: maybe Feisty doesn't have a suitable driver for that card.
> Maybe that card's chipset is made by Broadcom or another company that
> does not open source its drivers. If so, I suggest buying a wireless
> card with a chipset made by a company that does open source its
> drivers, like Intel does for example. Ndiswrapper can make Linux use
> the card's Windows driver if you have it and can noodle it all
> together. But it is worth your time and money to simply use a card
> that has a real Linux driver, in my experience. What chipset is on
> your new wireless card? Here's how to find out:
>
> On your laptop (with the new wireless card installed), do:
> lspci
>
> That should show what company made your wireless card's chipset. If
> you can't see it in there, maybe try:
> lspci | grep -i net
> or
> lspci | grep -i wireless
>
> Let us know what lspci shows about your card. Post the whole output of
> lspci (for your laptop), if you like.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Roger
>
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Hi Roger,

It's a Broadcom 4309, and I just realized... stupid me!

I installed the bcm43xx-fwcutter package from the repositories along with
the needed file.

After running it and dropping it into /lib/firmware, I just did a modprobe
of the firmware and it's working now!
I'm seeing wireless networks in my area and can connect to them!

Thanks for the advice, though! Cheers!

--Rob
(Kubuntu user and now happily surfing wirelessly!)
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