[CoLoCo] wifi ubuntu

[David Overcash]

I had so much trouble getting broadcom to work in Gutsy that I gave up and
just threw a PCMCIA card in there that used a different chipset.  : (

-David

On Nov 8, 2007 9:48 AM, Christer Edwards <christer.edwards at ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2007 10:31 AM, Alex Comer <alex at platinumcode.com> wrote:
> > I got Ubuntu Gibbon installed on a dual boot scenario on a Lenovo 3000
> N100
> > laptop which apparently has a broadcom adapter. I does not see my wifi
> > network. I'm not really sure how to get it working. I do not see a list
> of
> > access points. I tried putting in the SSID but that didn't help. I
> noticed
> > that the wireless radio light is not lit. Any ideas? Direction?
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Alex Comer
>
> I've done a lot of fighting with wireless cards and my previous card
> was a broadcom.  These steps might help.  (by the way, I'm not in CO,
> I'm your neighbor to the West in UT.  Hope that is acceptable.)
>
> Try to install the "bcm43xx-fwcutter" package (or check your System >
> Admin > Restricted Drivers).
> Post installation look for the bcm43xx-fwcutter.sh script (in
> /usr/share/doc/ someplace iirc).
>
> Depending on the model card you have it should work.. but we can keep
> trying other options if it does not.
>
> Christer
> Utah Team Contact
> Co-Founder, US Teams Project
>
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