HOWTO: Broadcom 4318 Wireless Cards

[compwiz18]

Wait wait wait. before you reformat: they need to go in just plain /lib/firmware - not in any sub directories

and make sure you chmod 755 them all.

[jamiebux]

I'm back after the reload. The script work and I was able to scan using "iwlist scan" in the terminal. I placed the file in the /lib/firmware dir. I rebooted and now i can't scan for networks anymore. I have not tried chmod at all. What is that function. I will research it and try it. Please post any ideas you may have.

[jamiebux]

Ok. I preformed chmod 755 for all the firmware files. But I'm still unable to scan or connect now. I will run the script again and see what happens. I'm back to square one again. Btw, does any one know what is the difference between Freespire's bcm43xx driver and Ubuntu's. Freespire works with this card right out the box. But I just don't like the feel of the OS. Anyway...what do you say? 8)

[birdman3131]

ok i tried it and it said i have the wrong kernel so i tried to download from your site but your site is down

any other places it could be found? i have a amd turion64

[incognito_programmer]

Thank you so much! This worked for me, i had tried so many different tuts and this is the only one that worked.

Things i did to get mine working
When i tried to set the dns for my connection the graphical interface kept freezing,
so i had to do it manually by editing the nameserver entry.

I am using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - the Dapper Drake - released in June 2006.
On an AMD Turion 64

[compwiz18]

ok i tried it and it said i have the wrong kernel so i tried to download from your site but your site is down

any other places it could be found? i have a amd turion64

You will have to compile the kernel yourself: my server is down for the next month or so.

use this link for help: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217657

[nardis_Miles1]

Just a quick note. I'm running an AMD turion ml-32 so I did install the 2.6.19. The current level of ndiswrapper sources (1.18 ) would not compile. However, by installing the current stable release from sourceforge (1.31) ndiswapper installed. As soon as I did a modprobe on ndiswrapper, the card came up, found its address and worked nicely. So I might recommend that for the 2.6.19 kernel on the AMD64 machines you also recommend a newer version of ndiswrapper. However, thanks very much for posting the HOWTO.

Art Edwards

[compwiz18]

Yes, you will also have to compile ndiswrapper from scratch, as the one in the Repos doesn't work with 2.6.19.

[timboe73]

My broadcom was working in Dapper but broke when I updated to Edgy.
This How To saved me a tonne of time retracing the steps I used to get it working back then.

Should be included in Ubuntu by default.

[epiphane]

I'm a french ubuntero and it doesn't work on my laptop. it is an HP dv6120eu.
(excuse me if i don't speak a very good english and try to speak to me with easy words, thanks)

When I launched lspci | grep Broadcom\ Corporation, the message was :

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4311 (rev 01)

This is the content of my file "bcm4318-setup.log" :

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Log of echo Script version: 0.1.2
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

Script version: 0.1.2

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of lspci
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4311 (rev 01)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 01d6 (rev a1)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0832
07:05.1 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Unknown device 0843 (rev 01)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
07:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of echo /etc/issue MD5 sum: 11046fbe3787d2ba4fc5821d5a41617e
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

/etc/issue MD5 sum: 11046fbe3787d2ba4fc5821d5a41617e

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of cat /etc/issue
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

Ubuntu 6.10 \n \l


Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of ps -e
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
3 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
4 ? 00:00:00 events/0
5 ? 00:00:00 khelper
6 ? 00:00:00 kthread
8 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
9 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
10 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
145 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
178 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
179 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
180 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
181 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
1717 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
1718 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
1719 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
1823 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1839 ? 00:00:00 khpsbpkt
1857 ? 00:00:00 knodemgrd_0
1988 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
2069 ? 00:00:00 logd
2222 ? 00:00:00 udevd
2908 ? 00:00:00 shpchpd
3095 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
3574 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
3826 tty1 00:00:00 getty
3827 tty2 00:00:00 getty
3828 tty3 00:00:00 getty
3829 tty4 00:00:00 getty
3830 tty5 00:00:00 getty
3831 tty6 00:00:00 getty
4039 ? 00:00:00 acpid
4120 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
4146 ? 00:00:00 dd
4148 ? 00:00:00 klogd
4222 ? 00:00:00 gdm
4223 ? 00:00:00 gdm
4233 tty7 00:01:43 Xorg
4253 ? 00:00:00 hpiod
4258 ? 00:00:00 python
4308 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
4333 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4348 ? 00:00:01 hald
4349 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
4355 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
4367 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb
4385 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
4402 ? 00:00:00 dhcdbd
4419 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
4435 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManagerD
4449 ? 00:00:00 perl
4491 ? 00:00:00 ondemand
4533 ? 00:00:00 hcid
4539 ? 00:00:00 sdpd
4547 ? 00:00:00 hidd
4553 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
4566 ? 00:00:00 mdadm
4602 ? 00:00:00 atd
4615 ? 00:00:00 cron
4715 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
4761 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
4762 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
4765 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
4766 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4768 ? 00:00:00 gconfd-2
4793 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
4796 ? 00:00:01 gnome-settings-
4797 ? 00:00:00 dhclient
4817 ? 00:00:00 sh
4818 ? 00:00:00 esd
4833 ? 00:00:09 metacity
4838 ? 00:00:05 gnome-panel
4840 ? 00:00:03 nautilus
4844 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
4846 ? 00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma
4853 ? 00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
4856 ? 00:00:00 update-notifier
4861 ? 00:00:00 evolution-alarm
4881 ? 00:00:00 bt-applet
4891 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
4893 ? 00:00:00 soffice
4905 ? 00:00:00 gnome-cups-icon
4908 ? 00:00:00 gnome-power-man
4953 ? 00:00:01 soffice.bin
4957 ? 00:00:00 mapping-daemon
4978 ? 00:00:00 trashapplet
4992 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
4999 ? 00:00:00 gnome-netstatus
5007 ? 00:02:49 firefox-bin
5014 ? 00:00:01 gnome-screensav
5033 ? 00:00:00 netstat <defunct>
5587 ? 00:00:01 artsd
6203 ? 00:00:11 xchat-gnome
6314 ? 00:00:00 gnome-terminal
6318 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
6319 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
6484 pts/0 00:00:00 sh
6508 pts/0 00:00:00 logsave
6509 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of echo Edgy final release detected.
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

Edgy final release detected.

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

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

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of rmmod bcm43xx
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006


Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of echo Edgy
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

Edgy

Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006
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Log of apt-get --assume-yes install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
Mon Dec 18 09:49:24 2006

Lecture des listes de paquets...
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances...
Reading state information...
Paquets suggérés :
ndiswrapper-source
Les NOUVEAUX paquets suivants seront installés :
ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
0 mis à jour, 2 nouvellement installés, 0 à enlever et 3 non mis à jour.
Il est nécessaire de prendre 42,6ko dans les archives.
Après dépaquetage, 213ko d'espace disque supplémentaires seront utilisés.
Réception de : 1 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main ndiswrapper-common 1.18-1ubuntu2 [13,7kB]
Réception de : 2 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 1.18-1ubuntu2 [29,0kB]
42,6ko réceptionnés en 0s (53,1ko/s)
Sélection du paquet ndiswrapper-common précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 115107 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Dépaquetage de ndiswrapper-common (à partir de .../ndiswrapper-common_1.18-1ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Sélection du paquet ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 précédemment désélectionné.
Dépaquetage de ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 (à partir de .../ndiswrapper-utils-1.8_1.18-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Paramétrage de ndiswrapper-common (1.18-1ubuntu2) ...
Paramétrage de ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 (1.18-1ubuntu2) ...

Mon Dec 18 09:49:40 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
Mon Dec 18 09:49:40 2006

Driver bcmwl5 is not installed.Use -l to list installed drivers

Mon Dec 18 09:49:40 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a
Mon Dec 18 09:49:40 2006

Driver bcmwl5a is not installed.Use -l to list installed drivers

Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -l
Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006

No drivers installed
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006
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Log of echo You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...
Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006

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

Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006
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Log of tar -xf drivers-32.tar.gz
Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006


Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Mon Dec 18 09:49:41 2006

Installing bcmwl5
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2

Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper
Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006


Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006
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Log of iwconfig
Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.


Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006
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Log of ifconfig
Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006

eth0 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:8B:06:0C
inet adr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
adr inet6: fe80::216:36ff:fe8b:60c/64 Scope:Lien
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Packets reçus:7223 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6540 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
Octets reçus:7390837 (7.0 MiB) Octets transmis:940977 (918.9 KiB)
Interruption:233 Adresse de base:0xe000

lo Lien encap:Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1 Masque:255.0.0.0
adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
Packets reçus:2 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:0
Octets reçus:100 (100.0 b) Octets transmis:100 (100.0 b)


Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006
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Log of iwlist eth1 scan
Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006

eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning.


Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006
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Log of iwlist wlan0 scan
Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


Mon Dec 18 09:49:42 2006
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