HOWTO: Broadcom 4318 Wireless Cards

[Bosonator]

In the most recent posts, there's talk about needing to compile the most recent version of ndiswrapper to get wireless to work on WPA-enabled networks. Is that still the case? If so, over what sort of timeframe can we expect the newest ndiswrapper version to appear in the ubuntu repositories. I have this thing where I'm "lazy" and I don't want to have to maintain my system manually (i.e. recompiling packages whenever I upgrade my kernel).

[compwiz18]

In the most recent posts, there's talk about needing to compile the most recent version of ndiswrapper to get wireless to work on WPA-enabled networks. Is that still the case? If so, over what sort of timeframe can we expect the newest ndiswrapper version to appear in the ubuntu repositories. I have this thing where I'm "lazy" and I don't want to have to maintain my system manually (i.e. recompiling packages whenever I upgrade my kernel).

The newest version will probably appear in whatever is after Feisty... only security upgrades are offered in the repos.

[wackimonki]

I'd just like to say thanks for posting this. This got my wireless internet working!

As the author mentioned, it is only connected on 802.11b. Is it possible to connect with 802.11g? as it is currently a bit slow.

I tried browsing through the many pages of this thread without much luck, and the search function on this forum does not really help searching through a single long thread.

Much thanks.

[compwiz18]

I'd just like to say thanks for posting this. This got my wireless internet working!

As the author mentioned, it is only connected on 802.11b. Is it possible to connect with 802.11g? as it is currently a bit slow.

I tried browsing through the many pages of this thread without much luck, and the search function on this forum does not really help searching through a single long thread.

Much thanks.

You can use the second method on the first post, it will disable anything you have done before, and it will use wireless G at full speed.

[Bosonator]

Following iwarp's advice, I am able to connect. I first followed the instructions from 11-14 in the wiki. I then installed ndiswrapper from source (the latest version - download it from ndiswrapper's website). Then, I went to the first page of this thread. I tried the Feisty script, but that did not work. I then tried the general method, and that did work. I am not sure if I had to reboot several times.

Make sure Network Manager is installed. Without Network Manager being installed, Ubuntu's Networking Adminstration thingie will not allow you to roam. All roaming means is that you are able to switch from one wireless network to another.

I still have a problem with connecting to my own WPA2 network. I am right now connected to my neighbor's unencrypted network.

I'm trying to get WPA to work. You say that after installing ndiswrapper from source the Feisty script doesn't work, but may I ask what is the "general method" that you refer to here? Is that covered in this HOWTO, or is it somewhere else? Thanks a bunch, eh!

[bitdefuser]

Thank you. It works like a charm!

[compwiz18]

I'm trying to get WPA to work. You say that after installing ndiswrapper from source the Feisty script doesn't work, but may I ask what is the "general method" that you refer to here? Is that covered in this HOWTO, or is it somewhere else? Thanks a bunch, eh!

Run the script before you compile ndiswrapper from source

Also, the general method is the one that is outlined on the first page for all three distributions of Ubuntu. (at least I think that is what s/he means)

[flomperdomper]

wow.. that was simple. i wanted to try ndiswrapper manually but then i came across this. it took me a few tries but i got it and now my connection doesn't crap out anymore. thanks.

[ipina]

Hi, I tried to attach my log file, but the uploader says it's invalid. So, following is the whole file. Thank you very much for your help. Best wishes.

Log of echo Script version: 0.1.2
Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007

Script version: 0.1.2

Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007
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Log of lspci
Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc OHCI USB Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SMBus (rev 16)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 434c
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 4342
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc IXP AC'97 Modem (rev 01)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
02:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1620 PC Card Controller (rev 01)
02:04.2 System peripheral: Texas Instruments PCI1620 Firmware Loading Function (rev 01)
02:07.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:07.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:07.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)

Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007
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Log of echo /etc/issue MD5 sum: 3087e29b00a0ad846c075b46e50a0342
Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007

/etc/issue MD5 sum: 3087e29b00a0ad846c075b46e50a0342

Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007
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Log of cat /etc/issue
Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 \n \l


Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007
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Log of ps -e
Tue May 22 17:54:43 2007

PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
3 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
4 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
5 ? 00:00:00 migration/1
6 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
7 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/1
8 ? 00:00:00 events/0
9 ? 00:00:00 events/1
10 ? 00:00:00 khelper
11 ? 00:00:00 kthread
35 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
36 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/1
37 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
38 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
125 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
146 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
147 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
148 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
149 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
150 ? 00:00:00 aio/1
774 ? 00:00:00 kirqd
2009 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
2010 ? 00:00:00 khubd
2059 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
2060 ? 00:00:00 ata/1
2061 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
2105 ? 00:00:00 khpsbpkt
2268 ? 00:00:00 knodemgrd_0
2423 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
2622 ? 00:00:00 udevd
3520 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
3624 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
3691 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
4205 ? 00:00:00 portmap
4333 tty4 00:00:00 getty
4334 tty5 00:00:00 getty
4336 tty2 00:00:00 getty
4338 tty3 00:00:00 getty
4340 tty1 00:00:00 getty
4341 tty6 00:00:00 getty
4625 ? 00:00:00 acpid
4741 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
4793 ? 00:00:00 dd
4795 ? 00:00:00 klogd
4816 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4832 ? 00:00:02 hald
4833 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
4839 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
4847 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
4864 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
4869 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
4881 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
4894 ? 00:00:00 dhcdbd
4909 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
4927 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4928 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4941 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManagerD
4954 ? 00:00:00 system-tools-ba
4955 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4989 ? 00:00:00 gdm
4992 ? 00:00:00 gdm
4993 tty7 00:00:53 Xorg
5078 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
5102 ? 00:00:00 hpiod
5107 ? 00:00:00 python
5209 ? 00:00:00 lockd
5210 ? 00:00:00 rpciod/0
5211 ? 00:00:00 rpciod/1
5212 ? 00:00:00 nfsd4
5213 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5214 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5215 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5216 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5217 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5218 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5219 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5220 ? 00:00:00 nfsd
5224 ? 00:00:00 rpc.mountd
5261 ? 00:00:00 nmbd
5269 ? 00:00:00 smbd
5277 ? 00:00:00 smbd
5331 ? 00:00:00 rpc.statd
5342 ? 00:00:00 rpc.idmapd
5359 ? 00:00:00 hcid
5379 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
5415 ? 00:00:00 atd
5429 ? 00:00:00 cron
5529 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
5567 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
5570 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
5571 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
5573 ? 00:00:00 gconfd-2
5576 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5578 ? 00:00:00 gnome-settings-
5585 ? 00:00:00 sh
5586 ? 00:00:00 esd
5590 ? 00:00:05 metacity
5593 ? 00:00:05 gnome-panel
5596 ? 00:00:16 nautilus
5602 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
5603 ? 00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma
5609 ? 00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
5615 ? 00:00:00 update-notifier
5621 ? 00:00:00 evolution-alarm
5623 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
5627 ? 00:00:00 gnome-cups-icon
5629 ? 00:00:00 gnome-power-man
5638 ? 00:00:00 trashapplet
5640 ? 00:00:00 mapping-daemon
5664 ? 00:00:00 multiload-apple
5683 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
5689 ? 00:00:03 gnome-screensav
5786 ? 00:00:01 artsd
5990 ? 00:00:00 smbd
5991 ? 00:00:00 smbd
6105 ? 00:00:19 firefox-bin
6136 ? 00:00:00 gnome-terminal
6139 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
6140 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
6430 ? 00:00:00 gedit
6547 pts/0 00:00:00 sh
6569 pts/0 00:00:00 logsave
6570 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007
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Log of echo Feisty release detected.
Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007

Feisty release detected.

Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper
Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007

ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007
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Log of rmmod bcm43xx
Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007
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Log of echo Feisty
Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007

Feisty

Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007
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Log of apt-get --assume-yes install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Tue May 22 17:54:44 2007

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Suggested packages:
ndiswrapper-source
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 50.1kB of archives.
After unpacking 225kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
apt-get died with exit status 100

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of ndiswrapper -l
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of echo You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of tar -xf drivers-32.tar.gz
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007


Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko': No such file or directory
modprobe died with exit status 1

Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of iwconfig
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of ifconfig
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:41:505
inet addr:192.168.1.69 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe41:50d5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:819 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1065126 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:107789 (105.2 KiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc800

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:147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:147 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:13443 (13.1 KiB) TX bytes:13443 (13.1 KiB)


Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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Log of iwlist scan
Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


Tue May 22 17:54:45 2007
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[Bixente]

Thanks so much, it worked and it runs at 54mbps.