Broadcom Wireless Setup for Hardy (Step by step)

[Otto-C]

Below is complete listing.
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lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2666] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)

[Ocyberbum]

i have the 4306 rev3 in a Hp zv5000 laptop. I tried to use the proprietary drivers in the Hardware Drivers Manager and had no luck. I followed the steps in this post and now after a reboot, i am able to see my network using KNetwork Manager and using Wireless Assistant to find my router and setup my WPA key but during the activation it sticks at 28% during the configuring stage and eventually gives me Connection Failure..

Does anyone have an idea,
Thanks

[SirLawrence]

i havent really seen anyone have any success with bcm4310 (my card) everything apparently installs fine no problem but i just dont have wireless.

I was able to get my BCM4310 working using this step by step, but I also used another guide to recompile and load the latest ndiswrapper version.

The problem I had was that ndiswrapper would see the driver but no device present:

bcmwl5 : driver installed


But now i got it to recognize the wireless device.

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present

Is this the same problem you're having?

[Ayuthia]

I was able to get my BCM4310 working using this step by step, but I also used another guide to recompile and load the latest ndiswrapper version.

The problem I had was that ndiswrapper would see the driver but no device present:

bcmwl5 : driver installed


But now i got it to recognize the wireless device.

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4315) present

Is this the same problem you're having?

Can you share what you did? I am interested in how you resolved it though.

[Ayuthia]

i have the 4306 rev3 in a Hp zv5000 laptop. I tried to use the proprietary drivers in the Hardware Drivers Manager and had no luck. I followed the steps in this post and now after a reboot, i am able to see my network using KNetwork Manager and using Wireless Assistant to find my router and setup my WPA key but during the activation it sticks at 28% during the configuring stage and eventually gives me Connection Failure..

Does anyone have an idea,
Thanks

Have you already been successful in connecting without encryption? If I recall it is at 56% when it is has reached the dhclient stage. I think that 28% means that it is having problems at the iwconfig stage. I could be wrong though.

[Aaronb2245]

Me too, but with no luck. Ubuntu AMD 64 or 32?

Step 2a worked for me and I'm running AMD 64bit on the 32 bit buntu 8.04 my card is a dell 1390 output from fiesty

[germclown]

Well... my joy has been mitigated. The connection is s l o w . . .

Just started redownloading EVE Online. Can't get more than 20kB/s from the downloader. Normally I'd chalk this up to EVE server load, but I've got no extra bandwidth. Everything else inernet-related is dead slow with that download running. I tried some package installation over top and Synaptic splits the 20kB/s with EVE.

Normally I can expect at least 150kB/s (usually more if I find a good torrent). Needless to say: 20 < 150

Any ideas? I'm glad it's working and all, but full bandwidth will stop me from turning to the elephant in the room for bigger downloads.

[germclown]

I should have mentioned that I just put my laptop's USB WiFi into the desktop and now I've got 170kB/s for the EVE download. I guess I could do things this way, but it's less than ideal since my wife takes the laptop elsewhere fairly often.

[i59b]

That worked for my broadcom 4306 rev 03. Thanks a ton.

Worked on my 4306 rev 03 too. Thanks very much for an excellent guide.

[Landscapeman]

Im unable to do the first step. Asks if I want to proceed Y/n, type Y and its abort?