I think that b43 (the driver being used by default for your card) may not support your particular chipset well. bcm43xx (an older driver) should work better, from what I gather from Google. Therefore ndiswrapper shouldn't be necessary (it would probably still work, but it would be preferable to have bcm43xx). Try following these steps to get the card working under bcm43xx (I'm assuming that you can plug into a wired connection for these steps; if that's impossible, please let me know):
1. blacklist b43 driver and ndiswrapper:
Code:
sudo -s
echo 'blacklist b43' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo 'blacklist b43legacy' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo 'blacklist b43 ssb' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo 'blacklist ssb' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
echo 'ndiswrapper' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
2. install bcm43xx firmware:
Code:
sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter
You should be prompted to download and install the firmware automatically when you run this command. Say yes.
3. reboot and you should have working wireless. If it still won't work, please open up a terminal (Applications>Accessories menu), run these commands, and post the output here:
Code:
iwlist scan
lshw -C Network
lspci -nn
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