<html> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I'm not saying I'm going to follow through on this; But, has any survey been made to determine the easiest and most reliable (I underline and put in bold most reliable) PCMCIA Network Notebook card for Hardy? If it comes to a $20 investment (on eBay), I might take the plunge for a better PCMCIA Network Card (802.11G) -----Original Message----- From: kubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:kubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hartman Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:03 PM To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions Subject: Re: Wireless and the BCM43xx driver On Wednesday 02 April 2008 04:17:11 pm Bill wrote: > Thanks Larry & Jon, For your responses. > > Larry, you are right about Hardy automatically deciding on the BCM43xx (air > Force One). I know I never installed this driver. > > I did use the ndiswrapper with bcmwml5.inf back with Gusty. > > But my Hardy readings say, (because of all the troubles) the powers that be > had depreciated the bcm43xx & bcmwml5 for a b43 or b43legency solution. I > even read one solution that said to install both the b43 and the b43legency > drivers and the OS would decide for itself which one to use. > > Anyway, I would really like to just remove the bcm43xx (air force one) > stuff before adding the b43/b43legency solution. > > Curiously, when I tried; rmmod BCM43xx or rmmod BCM4318; The response is > ERROR: Module BCM4318 does not exist in /proc/modules > > OK, so why is it showing with a 'lshw -class network' command? Bill: That commands polls the actual hardware plus the device drivers installed to run it. Here is mine, note last three lines where ndiswrapper is listed: *-network:0 description: Wireless interface product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:06:02.0 logical name: eth1 version: 02 serial: 00:14:a5:25:7d:6f width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+bcmwl5a driverversion=1.45+Broadcom,12/22/2004, 3.100. ip=192.168.1.11 latency=64 link=yes module=ndiswrapper multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g I do not have Hardy loaded yet, looks like folks have to reinvent the wheel to get bcm4318 to work. I did a quick search for this on forums and come up with two threads it seems folks are pointing to....first two are solutions to getting ndiswrapper to work, third is using fwcutter. I can not vouch for validity of solutions reported here, only offering them to help. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=734003 http://devangelist.blogspot.com/2008/03/ubuntu-804-beta-hardy.html http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=738216 Guess I have something to not look forward to (again) in a couple of weeks when Hardy is officially released. Hopefully some of these issues will be resolved and solutions solidified by then. I seconded a rquest to have Compwiz (wicd creator) update the bcm4318 how-to for Hardy. This forum thread is typically very active and I would keep an eye on it as potentially the best place for a stable solution as people sort out what works and what doesn't: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102 Larry -- kubuntu-users mailing list kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users </div> </body> </html>