Thank you so much, this is very helpful. My wireless is working now.
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Thank you so much, this is very helpful. My wireless is working now.
On the step where you make the shell script, shouldn't it read:
#!/bin/bash
modprobe -r b44
modprobe -r b43
modprobe -r b43legacy
modprobe -r ssb
modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe ssb
modprobe b44
so that ssb still loads?
Thanks to Alex, following the steps has solved the problems I had with wl138 asus wireless lan card (Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)) with Hardy heron 8.04.
Using Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)). On Dell Inspiron B130.
Used 2a from the link
Everything went well till I got here:
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: bcm43xx)
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ sudo depmod -a
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.orig
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ echo -e 'auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n' | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$ sudo ndiswrapper -m
adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...
************************************************** **********************
*
* The update-modules command is deprecated and should not be used!
*
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bill@laptop:~/bcm43xx$
If I must re-do please step me through.
I have halted for now.
tia
Otto-C
w00t with capital zeros on this one!
I can verify this method for a BCM4318 (AirForce One 54g) after a fresh Hardy install (alt. CD) plus all standard updates available online prior to this post. I'm using an internal PC card on a typical year-old desktop.
Best of luck on future workarounds! But here's hoping (very sceptically) that I won't need one again...
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PS: A tip: I have no way to connect this box via cable, so I borrowed a friends USB WiFi dongle. His worked fine OotB in Hardy so I had secondary wireless access throughout the install. Hardy actually shows an 'available network' list for each wireless card, so I could still tell which was connecting.
I got the same warning. I soldiered on and now I'm posting quick replies through my resurrected wireless connection!
I think it's probably just a note from the lib devs to people like the OP (who might want to look into it in case the command is removed someday, breaking his workaround)
Sorry for the multiposts. #106 was directed at Otto-C (I thought it was going to appear underneath his post and not down here)
I have use the guide step by step but:I have wifi hardware attivacted...Code:iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lspci -n | grep '14e4:43'
10:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)
ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
ndiswrapper -v
module details:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.24-17-generic/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
version: 1.52
vermagic: 2.6.24-17-generic SMP mod_unload 586
uname -r
2.6.24-17-generic
I use Ubuntu Hardy 32...
Help me Please
This message is telling you that the driver is installed, but it does not display that the device is present. That generally means that it does not like the driver. You might try to see if you can find another driver. You might check this site for a driver:Quote:
Originally Posted by gattopi
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eisty_No-Fluff
You do not need to have the modprobe ssb before modprobe b44. This is because b44 needs ssb and will load it automatically.Quote:
Originally Posted by snl2587