Broadcom wireless is driving me nuts!

[Keith Clark]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Keith Clark <keithclark1966 at rogers.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:41:11 PM
> Subject: Broadcom wireless is driving me nuts!
> 
> Well, after a recent upgrade to 8.04 Beta my wireless is yet again giving me a 
> pain in the butt.  I can connect, sometimes, using the b43 driver, but only at 
> speeds of 1 Mb/s by default.  I can use the command sudo iwconfig eth1 rate 54M 
> to make a speed change, and it appears to do so, but speed tests say otherwise.
> 
> I have the 4318 card on a Compaq R4000 Laptop.
> 
> I don't know if this is something that will be fixed at the release of 8.04, but 
> history shows that I highly doubt it!  I wish this problem was solved once and 
> for all!
> 
> Any ideas of what to try for now though?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Keith


As an update....I managed to find the correct .inf driver file and this is now what I have to do upon booting up to get my wireless working really well under ndiswrapper:

sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

I just wait a few moments and I'm back up and running with a 54 Mb/s speed rating versus the 1 Mb/s under b43.  

How do I now make this a permanent change?

Thanks,

Keith