Broadcom Corporation *BCM4318* [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g
Jaime M Garmendia
huitzilopoxtli at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 01:42:08 UTC 2007
sure, this is what I did:
1- Locate the windows driver. My laptop is a HP DV5020. The driver was
located at c:/SWSETUP/WLAN/bcmwl5.inf
Your driver might be somewhere else. If you can't find it, download it
from your laptop's manufacturer web site. Or check what is available at
the ndiswrapper web site
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/
BTW, there are detailed instructions there as well, just in case these
don't work.
2- copy it to your linux partition, for example
cp /media/hda1/SWSETUP/WLAN/bcmwl5.inf /home/dilip/drivers/bcmwl5.inf
3- install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
||
4- remove the bcm43xx module
modprobe -r bcm43xx
5- blacklist the bcm43xx module, so it does not load automatically on
boot. Add the following line to your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file
blacklist bcm43xx
if you add it as the last line, make sure you add an empty line after
that line
6- install the driver:
ndiswrapper -i /home/dilip/drivers/bcmwl5.inf
7- verify that it installed ok:
ndiswrapper -l
should get a message like this:
|
bcmwl5: driver installed|
| device (14E4:4320) present|
8- load ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
9- test it using iwconfig
iwconfig
should receive a message like this:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11g...... (it can get installed as wlan0 as well, i am not
clear when one or the other result)
10- configure your wireless interface using iwconfig (text mode, in a
terminal or at the console), or the System>Administration>Network
applet, or the network-manager applet.
11- test your connection
12 - if everything works, add the line "ndiswrapper" (without the
apostrophes) to the /etc/modules file, so it loads at boot
That should do it. If everything fails, consult
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#Ndiswrapper_for_Broadcom_43xx_wireless_chipset
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:09:09 +0530
> From: "Dilip M" <dilip.mahadevappa at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Broadcom Corporation *BCM4318* [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 10/3/07, Jaime M Garmendia <huitzilopoxtli at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...snip...
>
>
>> Have that one in my laptop - the only way so far is to use ndiswrapper.
>> The bcm43xx module only offers incomplete support, I had to blacklist it.
>>
>> On the plus side, ndiswrapper, using the bcmwl5.inf from the windows
>> side, works great, supports WEP and WPA, and works with fine with iwlist.
>>
>
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