broadcom 4318 chipset

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting ??????? ???? ???????? <toshazed at gmail.com>:

> Hello Dave
> Peace be upon you. I am ring from Bangladesh.
>
> 2014-05-08 0:32 GMT+06:00 Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com>:
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>> I've installed 12.04 on an old Acer laptop that has a broadcom 4318 radio
>> chipset. I need to make it work for its intended use. Can anyone suggest a
>> variant of Ubuntu that might have support built in? I've tried all the
>> suggestions I can find about free drivers.
>>
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> To fix the problem run the following commands one after another while
> connected to a active internet connection with usb modem or wired network.
> [Just copy from here and paste into the terminal]:
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> *sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutterwget
> http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
> <http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2>tar xf
> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/sudo
> b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta_mimo.osudo modprobe b43sudo echo
> "b43" >> /etc/modules*
> Now reboot and enjoy your wireless networks.
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> with regards
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> ??????? ????????/FOSS Bangladesh
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OK, I'll try it, thanks.

Dave




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