HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets

[itsjustarumour]

Oops, please ignore this post - wrong thread!

[thoman]

Hello all
been through all the step given but my wireless still not working... spent hours/day looking for the right solution...and headache too...up until now I cannot taste the joy and freedom of wireless technology. Never give up....hoping that some fine day I will find the right answer to this problem, Hope to find Ubuntu angel to light up my wireless button heheh....:D

anyone ..please do not hesitate to help.....


everyday is a good day
tho

My system was
Acer Aspire 3000

[trubblemaker]

Hey I'll try and help please post :


lspci | grep Broad
cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

ifconfig
cat /etc/network/interfaces

iwconfig
iwlist scan

ndiswrapper -l
dmesg | grep ndis

and I'll try and figure out what ails you.

[emil0r]

And another needing help :/.

Install works fine. Done it with both the install script and the instructions in this set. Distribution is Dapper.

lspci | grep Broad

0000:06:05.0 Network Controller: Broadcom Corporation BMC4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless Lan Controller (rev 02)


cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist on:

evbug
usbmouse
usbkbd
eepro100
de4x5
eth1394
snd_intel8x0m
i2c_i801
bcm43xx


ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E4:E8:17:27
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20a:e4ff:fee8:1727/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3879 (3.7 KiB) TX bytes:6175 (6.0 KiB)
Interrupt:66 Base address:0x6400

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:A4:3C:86:40
inet6 addr: fe80::214:a4ff:fe3c:8640/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:177 Memory:c0204000-c0206000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:256 (256.0 b) TX bytes:256 (256.0 b)

cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp


iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.
iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results
sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
dmesg | grep ndis
[17179589.404000] ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)
[17179589.480000] ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,12/22/2004, 3.100.46.0) loaded
[17179589.492000] ndiswrapper: using irq 177
[17179590.496000] wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:14:a4:3c:86:40 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4318:1468:0311.5.conf

[trubblemaker]

well except for the small issue of your car coming up as eth1 (not really and issue) everything looks great.

Everything looks perfect. It looks so good that I wonder if you have encryption setup on your router. or maybe if you aren't broadcasting your essid. that would make it appear as though it wasn't there but it is....

hope this helps to point you in the correct direction.

If eth1 continues to be your wireless connection you will need to fix your /etc/network/interfaces file fixed.

[emil0r]

Did a fresh install of 6.06.1 AMD64 Ubuntu and used the install script in your sig. Really miffed about this :(. Had it working on a 5.10 version about a year ago and then did a lot of OS swapping on the machine. Goes back and it no longer works :<. Any better chance of having it work on a 6.10 install?

dmesg | grep ndis

[ 95.433127] ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=yes)
[ 95.439743] ndiswrapper (load_pe_images:571): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
[ 95.441164] ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,02/11/2005, 3.100.64.0) loaded
[ 95.451230] ndiswrapper: using irq 177
[ 96.453266] wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:14:a4:3c:86:40 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4318.5.conf



sudo ifup wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up wlan0.

[trubblemaker]

yeah, as I said above your wireless card is comming up under eth1 not wlan0. And don't use

sudo ifup eht1

as you don't have eth1 setup in /etc/network/interfaces, so ifup won't work.
use:

sudo dhclient eth1

if you want it to be wlan0
add

wlan0 driver ndiswrapper

to you /etc/iftab file
sudo gedit /etc/iftab

[emil0r]

sudo dhclient eth1

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:14:a4:3c:86:40
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:14:a4:3c:86:40
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

[trubblemaker]

looks like your driver is working perfectly, I again suggest that you need to investigate the wireless router settings,

check if encryption is enabled
check for a wireless filter be turned on

to start with it would also be beneficial to broadcast your essid, until you have things up and running properly.

Can you connect to this wireless connection with another system (boot into some other OS if you have dual boot.)


also with wireless you need to set the essid before attempting to get an ip, my bad for not mentioning that


sudo iwlist scan

pick an essid

sudo iwconfig eth1 essid <your-essid>
sudo dhclient eth1

[emil0r]

The router has no keys set on the wlan and it's up and running according to the router. I can't check it on any other OS unfortunately.


sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results
sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


sudo iwconfig eth1 essid sweet0
no output

sudo dhclient eth1

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:14:a4:3c:86:40
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:14:a4:3c:86:40
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

[trubblemaker]

yeah I'm going to say that you need check your getting a signal, or go to someplace you know has wireless and see if your laptop can see a signal.


iwlist scan


will tell you.

Then you can rule in/out the router.

[goldeneyeonline]

Hey guys,

I now tried for several days to get my WPC54g v3 working with ubuntu edgy but always failed.
I installed ndiswrapper 1.22 and ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 and I took the right *.inf file (bcmwl5a.inf) for my card.
The installation and everything worked fine, the lamps are ON and I can activate the card in System->administration->network
But it just does not work... also it does call itself eth1 instead of wlan0...
I tried everything (I think i re-installed ndiswrapper at least 10 times with 3 different versions) but I wasn't able to fix it...
Anyone can help????:(
would be really happy to find someone who knows what to do :)
THANK YOU!
Goldeneyeonline

[emil0r]

yeah I'm going to say that you need check your getting a signal, or go to someplace you know has wireless and see if your laptop can see a signal.


iwlist scan


will tell you.

Then you can rule in/out the router.

Router works fine. Posting this from my windows computer for which I bought a USB Wireless stick :\.

[IkimashoZ]

Hi, I've got a broadcom wlan card issue that I'm very anxious to get solved b/c my cable net hook-up is due to disappear any day now (the beaurocrats at the town hall have decided that they don't want any non-city-issued PCs hooked up the fancy new intranet they're installing). I'm new to ubuntu and don't know much about working in linux, but I do have some programming experience. Please bear with me.

I followed this how-to, and it seemed to be working, right up until the for loop in step 3. Then this happened: screenshot (http://www.ikimashoz.com/0.png).

I've still got no lights or response from my card, and wlan0 does not appear as an option in connection properties. I'm running Ubuntu 6.10.

[navig8r]

sweet after 4 hours at this I finally got it working thanks to you.....my first days with Ubuntu..wooohooo

[Rhcd67]

Hello. I am trying to get a Dell Wireless 1370 card on an Inspiron 600m to work. I have followed the how-to but when I enter for conffile in /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf; do
> sudo cat $conffile | sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' > $conffile
> done
I get:

:~$ for conffile in /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf; do
> sudo cat $conffile | sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' > $conffile
> done
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4301:1028:0002.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4301:1028:0407.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4301.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4307.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:1028:0001.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:1028:0002.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324:1028:0001.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324:1028:0002.5.conf: Permission denied
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324.5.conf: Permission denied


Any idea what is wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Wolfhound23]

just install Ubuntu v6.10 on my Dell 600M laptop also. Having the same problem at Rhcd67 with premission being denied

Ideals? Comments?

Help.

Thanks

[bytesmythe]

YES!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

This reply gratefully composed via my newly working Broadcom 4318 wifi connection.

[awthomp]

I am running Fiesty Fawn and followed the setup post by the letter.

My card is recognized and I can see wireless networks under the network manager (it's also shown as wlan0), when I try to connect to one, however, it gets "stuck" at Activation stage: Configuring device. Any suggestions as to how to connect?

[Sokraates]

Is there a router with WPA-encryption involved? If so, you won't have much luck, since wpa_supplicant is broken. Try an access point with WEP-encryption (or change it in your router, if you've got one). Then it should work with ndiswrapper. It should even work with bcm43xx, though it's less than stable.

[awthomp]

I have it set to filter by MAC addresses. Wireless worked fine with the fixes posted in this forum on 6.10, but not on 7.04. In the meantime, I've downgraded back to 6.10 since I use wireless frequently.

[whitea]

I'm not sure what I did wrong. The light is now on but it doesn't show up in the network settings. It used to at least show up and the light was always off. Help!!!:confused:

[whitea]

Now the light is off again and the wireless is showing up as Eth1 in my network manager. I'm not sure what I have done wrong now.

[awthomp]

Try to completely start over by typing in the following:

sudo modprobe -r bcmwl5
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils
sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/
sudo rm -r /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

Then follow the instructions given in the forum.

[crwys]

Hi i just joined the fourm. My brother used someone else's wireless network with their premission. After using it, he tried to connect to our wireless internet and it didnt work. It keeps on saying, " Limited or no connectivity " I know 100% sure the password is right. But we are using a linksys router and it worked just fine before he connected to someone elses wireless interent. For some reason the ip adress keeps on setting its self up to 169.254.226.68
I reseted the linksys router to its default settings, but it didnt help the problem. We also tried hooking an ethernet cord up to the computer. It went to the same ip adress. I know how to manually set it up, but for some reason it wont work. It will say, Linksys connection Excelent. Connection speed 54.0 mbps. I tried updating the driver. Running system restore. When it connects to the internet its suppose to look like somthing similar to this.

Ip adress>> 192.168.1.### (3 digets between 100-105)
Subnet mask>> 255.255.255.0
Default gateway>> 192.168.1.1
DNS server>> 68.87.76.178
Alternate DNS server>> 68.87.78.130
WINS server>> N/A

It should look something similar to this, when he connects to our wireless router. If you need the routers model number please post that you do.

:guitar: :mad: :lolflag: :confused: :( :) :popcorn: :KS

[leonri]

I have tried everything and that's all I've got.

leon@leon-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
Lendo Lista de Pacotes... Pronto
Construindo Árvore de Dependências
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto
O pacote ndiswrapper-utils não está disponível, mas é referenciado por outro pacote.
Isso pode significar que o pacote está faltando, ficou obsoleto ou
está disponível somente a partir de outra fonte
No entanto, os pacotes a seguir o substituem:
ndiswrapper-common
E: O pacote ndiswrapper-utils não tem candidato para instalação
leon@leon-laptop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2
leon@leon-laptop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

leon@leon-laptop:~$ for conffile in /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf; do
> sudo cat $conffile | sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' > $conffile
> done
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4301:12F3:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4301.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4318:1355:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4318:1356:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4318:1357:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4318.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4319:1358:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4319:1359:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4319:135A:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4319.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:00E7:0E11.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:12F4:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:12F8:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:12FA:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320:12FB:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4320.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324:12F9:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324:12FC:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324:12FD:103C.5.conf: Permissão negada
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4324.5.conf: Permissão negada
leon@leon-laptop:~$

Please, I need some help!

Obs.: "Permissão negada" is the portuguese for "Permission denied".

[jaldred1]

I am one of the unfortuantes that also have a broadcom wireless card in my laptop. I am about to install Ubuntu 7, has anyone tried to see if Broadcom works with this version of Ubuntu?

[Sokraates]

I am one of the unfortuantes that also have a broadcom wireless card in my laptop. I am about to install Ubuntu 7, has anyone tried to see if Broadcom works with this version of Ubuntu?

It depends on what card you have.

I have bcm4318, one of the most tricky ones to setup, and it worked well (though by now I now what to do, so setting it up takes me but a few clicks). The native bcm43xx drivers work after adding the firmware, though very slowly. Ndiswrapper always did the trick for me, though now I can't connect to WPA-PSK-encrypted connections.

Best search for your card (e.g. 4318 in my case) in the forums and see, what you can find.

[Average_Jake]

I there, im about to pull the last strands of the hair on my head out...i just installed Ubuntu 6 on my Dell 600m laptop which is equipped with 1350 PCI wirless Card : 14e4:4320 : broadcom chipsets.

I have tried all of the aforemention links with so success:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking/NdisWrapper_The_Ultimate_Guide/

I dont know where to start anymore, i've reinstalled 4 times and tried numberous fixes on the fresh install.

I know my linksys router is in working order. It connected fine with Windows XP, I didn't change any settings...then i changed all the settings, No WEP, with WEP, changed network name etc...

My wireless card is 'enabled', and the "hardware is present" im currently using the bcmwl5a driver, tried the bcmwl5 without success (hardware not detected). Something of annoyance, is everytime i open "network settings' the 'wireless connection' is always in the "Inactive" State...

umm....help!

[Average_Jake]

lspci

0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

ndiswrapper -l

Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5a driver present, hardware present


iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"connect" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:1F:C5:DF:31
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:97 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:97 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7304 (7.1 KiB) TX bytes:7304 (7.1 KiB)

[hairyharry7]

hello, and thanks for the help in advance - I've gone over this tutorial and read some of the problems people have posted but I still can't get my wireless to work. I get the same error message discussed on pages 2-4 in this thread. it says -

thedon@thedon:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
Password:
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.17-11-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid argument
thedon@thedon:~$

I tried removing and reinstalling like in step 0 but it still didn't work - I'm using edgy - Any suggestions? (Also I didn't need to change RadioState|1 to RadioState|0 because they were already like that, I don't know if that means anything :confused:)
Thanks

[InfinityCircuit]

In Ubuntu 7.04, whenever I try to change the .config files, there is nothing called "RadioState|1" to begin with. My wireless still does not work. Could this be a source of an error?

Similarly, if i try sudo modprobe ndiswrapper, it gives me an error:
FATAL: module ndiswrapper not found.

I have a wonderful BCM4318.

EDIT: My wireless is now working. After I did what this article suggested I restarted. No change. I decided to try again with PCLinuxOS. The LiveCD crashed, so I restarted into Ubuntu. Suddenly, everything worked.

[jargoman]

I've put up a new how to. This one will compile ndiswraper and works for me every time. Fairly easy and straight foreward.

http://freeshells.ch/~jargoman/

[Christopher Williams]

This didn't work for me but the information in the following link did:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear

I used the bcmwl5.sys as opposed to the .o driver mentioned

basically:
1: Obtained windows drivers (bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys)
2: #sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter
3: #sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware ~/Desktop/bcmwl5.sys
4: #sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` ~/Desktop/bcmwl5.sys
5: reboot

it all worked after that.

[scottvan]

Hey just wanted to say thanks for your link to HOWTOBroadcom.. it worked perfectly for me! :)

[bluecricket4400]

I do not have access to a wired network, how can I configure the Acer Aspire 3002LCi?

Thanks

I am new to this and only understand about half of what I have been reading...:(

[plounted]

hi.
gone through the steps several times, and im to the point where the only problem i have is when i try to edit the .conf files, i get a permission denied message. what should i do?

is there a restriction i need to get rid of?

[Sokraates]

hi.
gone through the steps several times, and im to the point where the only problem i have is when i try to edit the .conf files, i get a permission denied message. what should i do?

is there a restriction i need to get rid of?

A regular user is not allowed to edit system-files (actually, he's not allowed to edit anything outside of his home-folder and the tmp-folder). So you need to edit the file as administrator (aka super-user, aka root).

At least in KDE you can simply right-click on the file, select "root-actions" and the "edit with kwrite". Maybe GNOME also has this option, though there you'll use gedit.

From the command-line you will need to enter
sudo apptouse /path/to/file.conf

sudo will start the app as root. In any case, you will then be asked for a password. Simply enter your user password.

[PePeR34GTR]

I just downloaded Ubuntu and am looking to install it over windows on my Dell Inspiron 6400.

Sorry to post, but I kinda didnt want to go through the pages of the thread, is there an updated instruction guide on how to setup the wireless?

Thanks

[Gwelmi]

hi,

thanks a lot for this thread. I hope someone is still watching it.

I have been reading as much as could but couldn't get wireless to go.
Seems close, but no ... so frustrating. Posting as much info as i can below.

Thanks.

- Computer : Acer Aspire 3000 (3003LCi)

- dist : 7.04 feisty fawn.

- tried w/ both drivers bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5a.inf as stated in some posts.

$ lspci | grep Broad

00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# buggy driver causes kernel BUG on load (Ubuntu: #78255, #88430)
blacklist r818x
blacklist r8187

$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:DD:9B:B5
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x1800

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:9F:DD:9B:B5
inet addr:169.254.10.139 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x1800

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:186 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:13796 (13.4 KiB) TX bytes:13796 (13.4 KiB)

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface eth0 inet dhcp


auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp


$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"" Nickname:"Broadcom 4318"
Mode:Managed Access Point: Invalid
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

$ iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1 No scan results

$ ndiswrapper -l

bcmwl5a : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)

$ dmesg | grep ndis

[ 102.156000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[ 102.216000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

$ sudo dhclient eth1

There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 134993416
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
Listening on LPF/eth1/00:14:a4:3a:60:4a
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:14:a4:3a:60:4a
Sending on Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
send_packet: Network is down
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

[Sokraates]

I don't know, whether this is the sole problem, but first of all you will need to blacklist the builtin bcm43xx-driver (which became part of Ubuntu after this How-To was written).

Also I don't see any ESSID entered.

Alternatively, you can simply install the necessary firmware and keep using the bcm43xx (though it is less powerful, then the original drivers). Here you find how: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683

And this is how I managed to make my bcm4318 work since Breezy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102

Though after all your experiments it would be better to first clean up whatever you've changed and then proceed one command at a time (in the last example, simply copy them from the script). It may be possible that something other than the wireless driver is causing problems.

[Gwelmi]

Thanks for your reply.

I don't know, whether this is the sole problem, but first of all you will need to blacklist the builtin bcm43xx-driver (which became part of Ubuntu after this How-To was written).

Ok will try that. Should i just insert a line with 'blacklist bcm43xx-driver' ?


Also I don't see any ESSID entered.

Right. Not sure what to do here.
- There is a roaming mode in which it seems it is not necessary to specify a ESSID. But as 'iwlist scan' does not give me any result, i guess this is useless.
- So i also tried to setup ESSID manually, but when i do 'iwconfig', only part of the ESSID i entered show : e.g. i enter "Wireless-G AP" and it only shows ...ESSID="Wireles" ...

Also what confuses me is that neither eth1 or wlan0 is present in 'ifconfig'.
As trubblemaker mentions in post 507 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2150471&postcount=507 i tried to make wlan0 shows but no success.


Alternatively, you can simply install the necessary firmware and keep using the bcm43xx (though it is less powerful, then the original drivers). Here you find how: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683

And this is how I managed to make my bcm4318 work since Breezy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102

Though after all your experiments it would be better to first clean up whatever you've changed and then proceed one command at a time (in the last example, simply copy them from the script). It may be possible that something other than the wireless driver is causing problems.

The bad thing is that the wireless signal is a bit weak, as i am a little far from the source. So i'd rather use ndiswrapper with original drivers.

Anyway, i will download necessary file you mentionned here, Sokraates, boot back to ubuntu and give a go differents configs ...

thanks.
G.-

[Gwelmi]

I don't know, whether this is the sole problem, but first of all you will need to blacklist the builtin bcm43xx-driver (which became part of Ubuntu after this How-To was written).

Also I don't see any ESSID entered.

Alternatively, you can simply install the necessary firmware and keep using the bcm43xx (though it is less powerful, then the original drivers). Here you find how: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683

And this is how I managed to make my bcm4318 work since Breezy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=197102

Though after all your experiments it would be better to first clean up whatever you've changed and then proceed one command at a time (in the last example, simply copy them from the script). It may be possible that something other than the wireless driver is causing problems.
Yeess ! That was it ... the blacklist stuff ...
Just added the line 'blacklist bcm43xx' into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and it worked !!
The interface 'wlan0' popped up perfectly and it could scan available networks around perfectly. No need to select any ESSID manually (used "Roaming profile" mode).

I think the feisty's bcm43xx new builtin module was also conflicting with my sooo dead battery power system, which seems to be resolved now.

Thanks so much Sokraates !
Posting this from Ubuntu thru wireless ... such a long time i was waiting this ... This is sooo gooood !
G.-

[beleth]

It feels so close x.x

working with Ubuntu 7.04 on an HP laptop of indeterminate origin, lspci returns "Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card".

I can't directly copy my code output because I'm posting from my gimpy windows laptop, but I've worked through the steps of the tutorial and everything seems to be similar in all respects to Gwelmi's setup a few posts up, except under iwconfig where my output looks like

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
same from here

and also under ndiswrapper -l, where I only get "bcmwl5: driver installed" with no mention of hardware

also, dmesg | grep ndis gives no output

driver installed was bcmwl5.inf, bcm43xx has been blacklisted, and my wireless connection is visible in NetworkManager Applet.

I'm hoping I've done something dumb and easily remedied...

Much respect to the people who have been participating in this thread so far, its been an extraordinary help.

[beleth]

finally found a landline, so here is the proper information

HP 530 Notebook running Ubuntu 7.04

~$ lspci | grep Broadcom

10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)

~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801

# buggy driver causes kernel BUG on load (Ubuntu: #78255, #88430)
blacklist r818x
blacklist r8187

blacklist bcm43xx


~$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D4:EA:0E:EE
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1453 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1290 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1460712 (1.3 MiB) TX bytes:184988 (180.6 KiB)

eth0:avah Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:D4:EA:0E:EE
inet addr:169.254.9.91 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1038 (1.0 KiB) TX bytes:1038 (1.0 KiB)

~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


iface eth0 inet dhcp


auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp




auto eth0




iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid omgwtfbbq?



auto eth1

~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


~$ iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.




~$ ndiswrapper -l

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)




~$ dmesg | grep ndis

[ 20.296000] ndiswrapper version 1.47 loaded (smp=yes)
[ 20.352000] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:118): couldn't load driver bcmwl5; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[ 20.352000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

^this part seems important, but I'm not exactly sure how to proceed x.x

~$ sudo dhclient eth1

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device


I realized earlier that I'd made a typo when blacklisting the bcm43xx driver, and as soon as I'd corrected it I could no longer access my wireless card from the gui. Along with the dmesg | grep ndis output, that makes me think that my card is without a driver at the moment.

But I'm probably missing the point entirely x.x *first day using linux*

[beleth]

I suppose it should go without saying that one should get drivers matching one's computer, but let me say it so that no-one need waste time like I've been doing: not every copy of bmcwl5.inf and bmcwl5.sys is the same. Get the drivers for your computer model, or risk wasting lots of time and looking rather silly for it afterwards ](*,)

I am, however, proud to say that my second day as a linux user finds me with a working wireless connection. Now I can finally sleep \\:D/

[Michael Allison]

I'm using a TrueMoble 1300, and got confused when you sent us off site.

Apparently we're supposed to install the repository Medibuntu?

I did that, and searched for Broadcom and found two things. Is one of those a script you meant for us to use?

:confused:

If so, I installed those two. Now onto step three:

michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe -r bcmwl5
Password:
FATAL: Module bcmwl5 not found.
michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ndiswrapper-utils is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
ndiswrapper-common
E: Package ndiswrapper-utils has no installation candidate
michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/bcmwl5.inf
sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found
michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found
michael@michael-laptop:~$ for conffile in /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf; do
> sudo cat $conffile | sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' > $conffile
> done
bash: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf: No such file or directory
cat: /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf: No such file or directory
michael@michael-laptop:~$

Did I do anything wrong? Because after restarting it, etc., the light still doesn't go on, and I'm not connected.

I also blacklisted that thing I was supposed to blacklist...

My third day of using Ubuntu, so bare with me? <3 lol

[ldp205]

Hello.

When I
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
I end up getting

Media change: please insert the disc labeled
'Ubuntu 6.10 _Edgy Eft_ - Release i386 (20061025.1)'
in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter

I did install Ubuntu off of a CD - but I put it in hit enter and keep getting this message.

[ldp205]

I just want to say that I´ve been going at it all day (trying to get my wireless card to look like it might work) and the only thing that I´ve accomplished is that the wireless connection icon has disappeared from System>Administration>Networking.
Some info:
IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop
Ubuntu 6.10 - Edgy
ndiswrapper 1.44
bcmwl5.inf driver

TIA for any help

[heyster]

The same for me ldp205.

But we must make help Ubuntu grow. That's why we must never give up.
As finishing touch God created the Dutch and Ubuntu.

This solution (including working links where you can download the driver) worked for my Lenovo 410a with a Broadcom card.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185174

In the last hour of m holiday I got it working. Great!!

[sbussy89]

HELP
When I search my computer, it says I have no files called bcmwl5.inf or bcmwl5.sys. Where do I get them????

[sbussy89]

Embarrassing fix to my problem my problem... never loaded firmware in restricted drivers

[dhl]

Hello,
I am trying to use a wlan card based on a broadcom BCH4318 chip under Ubuntu 10.7. During install I have been following the instructions from here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
The bcmwl5.inf driver was successfully installed using ndiswrapper's ndisgtk. Note: lspci shows the wlan ID as 14e4:4318, here: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_openwiki/Itemid,33/id,list_b/ this ID is referenced to bcmwl5.sys and netg54s.inf drivers; bcmwl5.sys was present in my CD package, but I couldn't install it, while installing netg54s.inf in ndisgtk returned "Invalid driver!". So I have downloaded the bcmwl5.INF.
But unfortunately there is still no wlan0 in ifconfig and no Wireless connection in Network utility.... What caould be the solutions to this problem?

[Rafajafar]

Same ^

I'm running a HP Pav dv2000 and I have quite literally been working on this all day to no avail.

If you've got a forum post, I've probably seen it.

My light on the wireless device does not turn on. I have the restricted driver registered. I have tried ndiswrapper and fwcutter. I have tried every crazy hack to get this to work I could find and none of them work.

I reinstalled the operating system 4 times just to be sure there were no artifacts from my attempts. I'm at a loss... where can I go for some help?

[jan quark]

you know what???

it didn't work but my internet connections is faster than ever.

when I say it didn't work I mean I have no wlanO device when I sudo iwlist scan
only my old eth0 is showing up

I used to or I am still using the bcm43xx firmware, but everything seems so much faster now.

There was also many disconnections in the past.

Until now not one.

I don't know if this is coincidence or if the installation of the drivers via the ndiswrapper as you have described it fixed something hidden in my configuration.

I will test my connection for a while and post back when I am sure that your guide really helped.

Now I am quite pleased with the result. I hope it will last long.

[suman4674]

Trendnet TEW-444UB/A USB Wireless problem on UbuntuI


am using following commands to install the Trendnet TEW-444UB/A USB Wireless .I am not getting any error.I can see the wireless Connection in Network settings and i have configured my ESSID correctly.Still i am not able to connect to internet.Any help will be appreciated

I removed the Device to reset the firmware and ran the below batch
lsusb
sudo rm -R /etc/ndiswrapper/*
cd Driver/
sudo ndiswrapper -i a*.inf
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -i n*.inf
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
lsusb
iwconfig
/*****the output on terminal ****/
~$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
athfmwdl : driver installed
net5523 : driver installed
device (157E:3006) present

~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Kumar"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[johnnyxxxcakes]

I tried many things with your tutorial, but I don't think anything's working. I can't get it to work at all, unless I'm just doing something wrong on my end.

Is ndiswrapper a program I have to download? This it the result I get when I attempt your method:

sudo modprobe -r bcmwl5
FATAL: Module bcmwl5 not found.
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ndiswrapper-utils
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/
rm: cannot remove `/etc/ndiswrapper/': No such file or directory
john@john-laptop:~$ sudo rm -r /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

I have the bcmwls5.sys and bcmwls5.inf files copied to the desktop, and nothing seems to work.

[cameronschultz]

okay, i know i am going to sound really dumb, but where do i imput the codes? i am brand new at this and i am trying to set up my internet on my hp pavillion dv6000, but i don't know how to download the software properly. sorry :/

[CantRemember]

I have a hp pavilion dv6000 with a broadcom-card. I've used this guide step by step but after I installed the bcmwl.inf (and .sys) it comes to a problem... My conf-files doesnt include "RadioState" so there's no value to change! And if I run:

for conffile in /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf; do
sudo cat $conffile | sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' > $conffile
done

All conf-files get empty! It seems that the drivers are correctly installed and if I typ "ndiswrapper -l" I see some messege like "bcmwl5 driver installed". The Dir "bcmwl5" also exists in the ndiswrapper Dir. Before I run the script the conf files includes alot of commands but there's no RadioState...
I'm a new ubuntu user and would appreciate if someone could help me with this because I really need the wireless-card to work.

[Elliander]

I am, sadly, using a broadcom but I have a few problems following the above.

For one, my computer only has: BCMWL5.SYS - there is no inf. Would it still work without the inf?

Two, I am only able to access using a wireless connection. But I have my computer in dual boot with Windows XP and that OS can read the internet just fine.

Is there a way to get it to work for those of us who can access the internet, but not in Ubuntu without first having a working wireless card?

And if not, if I bought a wireless card that supports Ubuntu (um.. any suggestions for a really good one that is also inexpensive?) would I also have to first have internet access in Ubuntu for it to work?

And.. um.. I actually don't understand the way we are supposed to install them. I am too used to windows. Are there any simple to understand guides for people to understand how to install in Ubuntu who are too used to Windows?

[gaixixon]

Hello, my laptop is Lenovo G410 with following LAN card:
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

Wired connection is OK, wireless connection is OK when connects to AP WITHOUT password. When trying to connect to WPA protected it fails.

How do I make it connect to WPA encryption AP? I have wpa_supplicant installed. Do i need to install ndiswrapper? how?
thank you
gxx

[kickwin]

Another complete newbie having trouble with Dell Inspiron 1300 - Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN MiniPCI Card on Ubuntu 9.04. Tried many things posted in many forum posts and I have not got it working. Even uninstalled Ubuntu and switched to Xubuntu after a recommendation to do so. But I am now back to Ubuntu after finding out Xubuntu did not work either. Here are some details that may help you figure out what is wrong with my system. Thanks a lot guys.

lspci | grep Broad

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:6c:05:df
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe6c:5df/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4920 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2598 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2654336 (2.6 MB) TX bytes:435883 (435.8 KB)
Interrupt:18


lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1528 (1.5 KB) TX bytes:1528 (1.5 KB)
iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.
iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
ndiswrapper -l

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: ssb)
dmesg | grep ndis

[ 12.408197] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 12.410984] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

[kickwin]

Another complete newbie having trouble with Dell Inspiron 1300 - Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN MiniPCI Card on Ubuntu 9.04. Tried many things posted in many forum posts and I have not got it working. Even uninstalled Ubuntu and switched to Xubuntu after a recommendation to do so. But I am now back to Ubuntu after finding out Xubuntu did not work either. Here are some details that may help you figure out what is wrong with my system. Thanks a lot guys.


Sorry guys. I just had to go to System--> Administration --> Hardware Drivers and activate my Broadcom B43 wireless driver to get wireless working. Voila! But there is message in the dialog that says "The driver was just disabled, but still in use". I do not know what that is but I am happy that something got my wireless working after struggling for two days.

[pablolie]

i have followed every piece of advice i have found on getting my linksys wpc54g card to work in xubuntu 9.04 (it worked with ndiswrapper and ubuntu 8.04).

supposedly here it is as simple as installing b43-fwcutter with synaptic, restarting and off you go. seems to have worked for others. not for me.
the system clearly is not using the card.

it is identified with
BCM 4306
14e4:4320 rev 3

by the usual commands. but the hardware drivers system app does not see the card, nor do the networking applications see that another network card is available.

any hints would be greatly appreciated.

[pablolie]

actually, a new install of xubuntu 9.04 while staying connected to the network (wired) solved the issue. the install suggested the driver all by itself, the wireless network works now. go figure. :-)

[Carlmon]

Modifying the modprobe and .conf files as well as using ndiswrapper I was able to get my Broadcom BCM94306MP working. What a PITA! Anyways...I love ubuntu. I have Karmic Koala installed on three of my computers at home. It is the shizzle-nizzle once you work out the kinks in any hardware. I would not recommend ubuntu for the computer-knowledge-challenged though. It definitely is not for the lay-person. Most dummies want plug and play capablilty like Windows. Lame!

[Detroit_Bad_Boy]

I followed the advice and used the commands. I opened a terminal and typed them in. This is what I got back

david@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
[sudo] password for david:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ndiswrapper-utils
david@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/bcmwl5.inf
sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found



david@ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe -r bcmwl5
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat, it will be ignored in a future release
FATAL: Module bcmwl5 not found
david@ubuntu:~$ sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
david@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils
Reading package lists... Donefont-size: 16 pt
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ndiswrapper-utils
david@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/
rm: cannot remove `/etc/ndiswrapper/': No such file or directory
david@ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -r /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper


From what I see it seems to be saying that ndiswrapper doesn't exist. But when I do a file search it shows it in /lib
I should let you know that I do NOT have a DVD rom in this laptop (Compaq Presario M2000) and I installed Xubuntu 9.04 within windows, but it did create a partition for itself.
I am using a Broadcom BCM4318 chipset in the wireless controller.
I also noticed that it said 'E:'. I am not too familiar with linux and wondered if it could be referring to the flash drive I had plugged into the USB port at the time ?
Is there something I'm doing wrong here ?
Any help would be appreciated

NOTE: I THINK I may have pasted these 2 entries in the wrong order

[squinter]

Hi, Ubuntu 9.10 comes with restricted driver for broadcom :)