cant figure out how to install driver for Broadcom BCM43XG...

[superfrogman94]

well thanks anyway (maybe i didnt intsall it right...) well theres gotta be SOME WAY right?

anyone else? help

[lexfati]

Let's find some information about your wireless card to start. You will need to open a terminal. (From the menu at the top, select Applications > Accessories > Terminal.

When you have a terminal open, type in this command to find your wireless card information.

lspci | grep Wireless

Please post the output of that command.

[superfrogman94]

Let's find some information about your wireless card to start. You will need to open a terminal. (From the menu at the top, select Applications > Accessories > Terminal.

When you have a terminal open, type in this command to find your wireless card information.

lspci | grep Wireless

Please post the output of that command.

nothing happens for lspci | grep Wireless but lspci gives me...

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HH (ICH8DH) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] (rev a1)
04:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43XG (rev 01)
04:05.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem

any ideas? please

[superfrogman94]

please can someone help? iv been trying to figure this out forever!

[northd_tech]

Hi.

It might help if you posted the results of entering the following commands into a terminal:

lsmod

lsusb

lshw -C network

ifconfig

iwconfig

netstat -v

I haven't ever worked with the Broadcom B43XG, but I've been working with Broadcom 4321 and/or 4328 for over a year with good success.

That interface might have something in common with these Broadcom "cousins":

Using the b43 driver instead of the Broadcom STA wireless driver "wl"
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1071298

How to install native broadcom drivers for BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=896713

8.04 BCM4318 wireless issues
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1339560

Edit: You probably want to read this older thread specifically about the BCM43XG:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=234748

[lexfati]

Superfrogman94,

I've been trying to find about your card online,

04:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43XG (rev 01)

and according to this person's experience, Broadcom's proprietary driver works for your card.

I've don't have experience with your particular card, but I have built this driver to work for a bcm4328 card. It does involve some command line work.

The second link in northd_tech's last post (#15) explains how to install the driver, but you may have to install module-assistant or at least build-essential before you can perform the 'make' commands. These packages get the headers you need and configure the system so that you can build drivers. If you can temporarily use a wired connection to get onto the Internet the command to get the package is:

sudo apt-get install module-assistant

followed by this to prepare your system for building:

sudo m-a prepare

Of course, you will need to make sure to download the correct driver. If you are not sure if you have a 32 or 64 bit system you can check with uname -m

uname -m

If you see "x86_64" you need the 64 bit version.

I know this gets a bit technical, especially if your just starting. I would recommend reading both the Broadcom README and the second link from post #15 as a starting point.

[superfrogman94]

my results

lshw -C network

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.  
   *-network                
        description: Ethernet interface  
        product: 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection  
        vendor: Intel Corporation  
        physical id: 19  
        bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0  
        logical name: eth0  
        version: 02  
        serial: 00:19:d1:1a:bc:29  
        width: 32 bits  
        clock: 33MHz  
        capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical  
        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k2 firmware=1.1-0 latency=0 multicast=yes  
        resources: irq:28 memory:dffe0000-dfffffff memory:dffdb000-dffdbfff ioport:ecc0(size=32)  
   *-network UNCLAIMED  
        description: Network controller  
        product: BCM43XG  
        vendor: Broadcom Corporation  
        physical id: 3  
        bus info: pci@0000:04:03.0  
        version: 01  
        width: 32 bits  
        clock: 33MHz  
        capabilities: bus_master  
        configuration: latency=64  
        resources: memory:dceec000-dceeffff

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by  
 binfmt_misc             8356  1  
 ppdev                   6688  0  
 snd_usb_audio          84224  1  
 snd_usb_lib            16284  1 snd_usb_audio  
 saa7115                13872  1  
 snd_hda_codec_idt      59844  1  
 snd_hda_intel          26920  2  
 snd_hda_codec          75708  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel  
 snd_hwdep               7200  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec  
 em28xx                 80968  0  
 ir_common              48512  1 em28xx  
 v4l2_common            17500  2 saa7115,em28xx  
 videodev               36736  3 saa7115,em28xx,v4l2_common  
 v4l1_compat            14496  1 videodev  
 snd_pcm_oss            37920  0  
 snd_mixer_oss          16028  1 snd_pcm_oss  
 snd_pcm                75296  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss  
 videobuf_vmalloc        6496  1 em28xx  
 videobuf_core          17952  2 em28xx,videobuf_vmalloc  
 tveeprom               11872  1 em28xx  
 snd_seq_dummy           2656  0  
 snd_seq_oss            28576  0  
 snd_seq_midi            6432  0  
 joydev                 10272  0  
 iptable_filter          3100  0  
 ip_tables              11692  1 iptable_filter  
 x_tables               16544  1 ip_tables  
 snd_rawmidi            22208  2 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi  
 snd_seq_midi_event      6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi  
 snd_seq                50224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event  
 snd_timer              22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq  
 snd_seq_device          6920  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq  
 dell_wmi                2564  0  
 dcdbas                  7292  0  
 psmouse                56500  0  
 serio_raw               5280  0  
 snd                    59204  19 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device 
 soundcore               7264  1 snd  
 snd_page_alloc          9156  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm  
 lp                      8964  0  
 parport                35340  2 ppdev,lp  
 hid_logitech            8412  0  
 ff_memless              5188  1 hid_logitech  
 usbhid                 38208  1 hid_logitech  
 usb_storage            52576  0  
 e1000e                122124  0  
 intel_agp              27484  0  
 agpgart                34988  1 intel_agp

ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:d1:1a:bc:29   
           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)  
           Memory:dffe0000-e0000000  
 

 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

iwconfig

    <!--         @page { margin: 0.79in }         P { margin-bottom: 0.08in }     -->      lo        no wireless extensions.  
 

 eth0      no wireless extensions.

netstat -v (very long!)

           c-73c-0-7686aca196eb4  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11451     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11450    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-77b-0-31d7da90a1d22  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11448     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11449    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-776-0-1dca2978a1c57  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11447     
 unix  2      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11441     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11440    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11439     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11434    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-3gIi6FqL  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11429     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11435    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-O2o9VYTf  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11428     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11425    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11424     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11421    @/tmp/.ICE-unix/1731  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11420     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11419    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11418     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11417    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-742-0-23a2d03756c0f  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11416     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11413    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11412     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11408    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11407     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11406    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11405     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11401    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11400     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11398    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11397     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11396    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11395     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11392    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11391     
 unix  2      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11385     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11380    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-77b-0-31d7da90a1d22  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11379     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11378    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11377     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11376    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-776-0-1dca2978a1c57  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11375     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11374    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11373     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11370    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11369    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11368     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11367     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11366    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-77b-0-31d7da90a1d22  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11365     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11364    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-776-0-1dca2978a1c57  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11363     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11362    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-73f-0-1c1c94b3d8725  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11359     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11356    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-73f-0-1c1c94b3d8725  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11355     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11348    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11347     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11346    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11345     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11264    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-hGVuFgeh  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11263     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11265    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-CpmfrCXZ  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11262     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11259    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11258     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11253    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11252     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11245    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11244     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11242    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11241     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11236    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11235     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11227    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11218    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11217     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11208    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-73c-0-7686aca196eb4  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11207     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11202    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-xRJbUUbA  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11201     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11203    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-K98KvS1x  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11200     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11199    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-763-0-25ccd078169cd  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11198     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11192    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-U9hc7PtG  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11191     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11193    @/dbus-vfs-daemon/socket-QTXez5VM  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11190     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11184    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11183     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11180    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11179     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11160    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11159     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11158    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11157     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11156    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-763-0-25ccd078169cd  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11155     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11154    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11153     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11151    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11150     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11149    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11148     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11152    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11147     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11146    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-756-0-cadd9eb2079e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11145     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11140    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11138     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11139    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11137     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11142    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11136     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11128    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11127     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11135    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-763-0-25ccd078169cd  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11123     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11122    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-73f-0-1c1c94b3d8725  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11119     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11124    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-73d-0-66bdd6c613fac  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11114     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11111    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11110     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11109    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11107     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11108    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11104     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11097    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11096     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11094    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11093     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11055    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-73c-0-7686aca196eb4  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11054     
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11052     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11049    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11048     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11045    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-74b-0-7dc12891d5706  
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11040     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11004    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11003     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     11002    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-757-0-167b5dfb86fd  
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10998    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-6fb-0-4de3fedc1080e  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10997     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10992    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10991     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10990    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10989     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10975    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10974     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10942    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10941     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10917    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10916     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10913    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10912     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10879    /tmp/orbit-joseph/linc-74c-0-619d6abc9d40d  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10878     
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10874     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10870    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10869     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10835    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10834     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10824    /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10823     
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10822    @/tmp/dbus-mEmFtXs75M  
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10817    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
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 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10815    @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0  
 unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     10814     
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 netstat: no support for `AF IPX' on this system.  
 netstat: no support for `AF AX25' on this system.  
 netstat: no support for `AF X25' on this system.  
 netstat: no support for `AF NETROM' on this system.

[superfrogman94]

Superfrogman94,

I've been trying to find about your card online,



and according to this person's experience, Broadcom's proprietary driver works for your card.

I've don't have experience with your particular card, but I have built this driver to work for a bcm4328 card. It does involve some command line work.

The second link in northd_tech's last post (#15) explains how to install the driver, but you may have to install module-assistant or at least build-essential before you can perform the 'make' commands. These packages get the headers you need and configure the system so that you can build drivers. If you can temporarily use a wired connection to get onto the Internet the command to get the package is:

sudo apt-get install module-assistant

followed by this to prepare your system for building:

sudo m-a prepare

Of course, you will need to make sure to download the correct driver. If you are not sure if you have a 32 or 64 bit system you can check with uname -m

uname -m

If you see "x86_64" you need the 64 bit version.

I know this gets a bit technical, especially if your just starting. I would recommend reading both the Broadcom README and the second link from post #15 as a starting point.

thanks for the info i will try it when i get access to wired( which is the all the way downstairs in my house .....