Broadcom 4306 With Ndiswrapper 54 Mbps

[rlynch]

man, I gotta say thanks. It took me 5+ hours of trying things out before finding this thread.


1 - Thanks for posting how to change eth1 to wlan0
2 - Thanks for posting the inf and sys driver files
3 - Thanks for taking the time and posting this tutorial. I thought without wireless my Ubuntu use will be cut short.


Thanks again!

[Der Eisern Pinguin]

Hello,

I've been using this how-to and all has gone well until I use ndiswrapper to install the driver (bcmwl5.inf). When I type

ndiswrapper -l

the output shows something along the lines of:

bcmwl5 - invalid driver!

As per your tutorial, both the .inf and .sys files are in the same directory, /home/kenneth/4318.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Edit: I thought I should mention that I am using this tutorial to install the Broadcom 4318 drivers for the Broadcom 4318 card. I don't know if there are esential differences in the installation of the drivers for these cards that would preclude using the same process.

[Der Eisern Pinguin]

Okay, with some fresh drivers, running

ndiswrapper -l

yields a much more pleasing

Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5    driver present, hardware present

However, when I go to System -> Administration -> Networking, I still only see 'Ethernet connection' and 'Modem connection.' The entry for my wireless card which disappeared after killing bcm43xx is still absent.

[rlynch]

I must say I love having wireless, but right after I login, before the splash screen. I have a really long 6-7 minute pause now after doing this how-to.

Any Ideas?

[lukeluke]

Thanks a lot for this guide! Now my wireless is working perfectly!

[yotoad]

mine is named wlan0, but it still doesn't connect to the internet for software updates, or firefox, or anything.

it does however, connect to my windows network and i'm able to browse my closed network (not connected to the internet, just for file-sharing within my own network)

any help? are there things i need to do to set up firefox? or in order to download software updates?

[yotoad]

Anybody have any pointers on my comment above?

[yotoad]

Anybody have any pointers on my comment above?

[dk5151]

I finally got my wireless to work. I used the 64-bit drivers, but I didn't rename the files. When I renamed them to match the files in the how-to it wouldn't work for me. I tried it again leaving the file names unchanged and it worked perfectly. Just thought I'd let everyone know.

[ubunturules]

dk5151: Thank you for telling us that. I've never had to deal with the 64bit drivers so I just assumed that you needed to name them to what it is in the how-to.