i am so close...please help. installed inf driver recognizes device but no network co

[curiouscustomer]

ok

installed ndisgtk
installed linksys inf driver file
hardware testing recognizes linksys network card

but no netowrk connections in network tools

i am so close please please please help.

please i am begging you.

[Idefix82]

So what card are we talking about here? What is the output of

lshw -C network
Also, I am assuming that you are running Ubuntu 8.10?

[curiouscustomer]

actually i am mistaken. ubuntu is recognizing a broadcom network card. how weird is that.

[curiouscustomer]

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 4a:4a:30:79:a4:c8
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

yes 8.10

[curiouscustomer]

it would be silly to install the broadcom driver i assume.
and linksys support insisted i remove the card until i find the right driver.

[curiouscustomer]

apparantly i have to download the broadcom bcm4318 firmware.

if i can find it.

[sergiom99]

a forums search for "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g]" (your network card)
showed this useful threads:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963978&highlight=BCM4318+%5BAirForce+54g%5D
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=880218&highlight=BCM4318+%5BAirForce+54g%5D

All the results>
http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?searchid=52563689

make sure you have the latest packages:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get safe-upgrade
Good luck!