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    Re: WGET Problems

    Actually 127.0.0.1 is the localhost that is a "virtual" network interface or in other word a build in eth interface or loop back interface. You can use it even if you have no actual network card available.
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    Re: WGET Problems

    Could you use another box to access internet, search for & download missing file?
    Then transfer file to other box with usb stick.
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    Re: WGET Problems

    Quote Originally Posted by IcarusR View Post
    Could you use another box to access internet, search for & download missing file?
    Then transfer file to other box with usb stick.
    OP has explained already that program starts wget to download file from net.
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    Re: WGET Problems

    I think I have a solution. You have both the bcm43xx....deb file and the wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o file. Correct?

    Put the .deb file somewhere convenient, right-click on it and choose 'Extract here'. You'll get a folder extracted containing the contents - control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz. Do an 'extract here' on data.tar.gz and you'll get a /usr folder containing /bin and /share folders. In the /share folder is yet another subfolder called /bcm43xx-fwcutter, and in that folder is the executable script install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh. The script in the version I downloaded consists of this:

    Code:
    #!/bin/sh
    
    set -e
    
    dname=wl_apsta.o
    if [ -e /usr/bin/wget ]; then DL="wget -O $dname"; fi
    if [ -e /usr/bin/curl ]; then DL="curl -o $dname"; fi
    
    cd /tmp
    $DL http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
    bcm43xx-fwcutter $dname
    mkdir -p /lib/firmware
    for i in *.fw; do
            mv $i /lib/firmware/$i;
    done
    rm wl_apsta*.o
    But check yours. There were a few versions of the bcm cutter package to choose from. In the /bin folder is the executable bcm43xx-fwcutter. So, as far as I can see, all you have to do is put the bcm43xx-fwcutter executable and wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o file in the same place, and do each command in the script from the 'bcm43xx-fwcutter $dname' line, adapting that to:

    Code:
    sudo ./bcm43xx-fwcutter wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
    The for - done loop you could probably do as a 'sudo mv *.fw /lib/firmware/'.

    As far as I can make out bcm43xx-fwcutter must extract a number of *.fw firmware files from wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o, which you need to move to lib/firmware. And that's it really.
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    Re: WGET Problems

    I did it and it extracted it, but I noticed its contained in a file which I can't seem to open even with sudo. so I moved the whole file in
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