wireless

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:34:22 +0000
Brant Fitzsimmons <brant at bfcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:

> I seem to
> remember getting it either from a page on the Ubuntu wiki or forums.
> The file's name is bcm43xx-firmware_1.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb.
> 
> Just install the file and it will place files in /lib/firmware all
> starting with bcm43xx_.
> 
> dpkg -i bcm43xx-firmware_1.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb

I did the same on an iBook G4 with a bcm43xx card ( Broadcom, "Airport
Extreme" in my case)  The files / repos are at

http://ubuntu.cafuego.net/dists/dapper-cafuego/bcm43xx/   

for dapper)  or

http://au.ubuntu.cafuego.net/dists/edgy-cafuego/bcm43xx/

(for edgy - 6.10 )

Once the firmware is installed , it's just a matter of loading the bcm43xx
module, ( sudo modprobe bcm43xx ) and a couple of simple steps. See 

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2006-April/017323.html

which explains how it's done...

The repos are browsable if you just need to grab the firmware deb ( use
one of the mirrors) .

Peter