use of sudo modprobe b43

[welshmike]

Typing sudo modprobe b43 on a terminal once Ubuntu has completed booting gets a wifi connection of my PC to my router successfully.
Is there a way of doing this automatically such as running a bash script as a startup program?

I've tried a System>Preferences>Startup Applications>Startup Programs of bash /home/ross/Documents/connect where the connect file contains:

##!bin/bash

sudo modprobe b43

exit

but this does nothing.
Any advice welcomed please.

[welshmike]

Well the bash script was OK but I needed to invoke using
not

bash /home/ross/Documents/connect

but

xterm -e /home/ross/Documents/connect

My thanks to kerry_s http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368812 (message #2)

[steeldriver]

IMHO it would be better to put it (without sudo) in /etc/rc.local - or simply add the module name to /etc/modules - both of which would load it at boot time

[welshmike]

IMHO it would be better to put it (without sudo) in /etc/rc.local - or simply add the module name to /etc/modules - both of which would load it at boot time

My system does not have those folders so I guess I need to create one of them.

[welshmike]

Well being naive and totally ignorant I did

sudo gedit /etc/modules
This showed the following for editing:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp

So below the lp I added b43

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
b43

I saved the file and rebooted.

Hooray. Wireless connectivity to my router achieved.

Now why or why in everything I've read didn't the internet blurb state simply what to do. Grrr.
.. or am I completely thick?