Broadcom Wireless for 8.10

**Ayuthia** · November 1st, 2008

For those of you who don't have a working connection in Ubuntu and cannot use the wl driver, here are some instructions on what to download so that you can install it in Ubuntu:

This will only work in Intrepid (and not the older versions of Ubuntu). This is a revised version of this thread(changed because the firmware is different in Intrepid):

Option 2
For those without a working internet connection

If you have a Intrepid install CD,
Insert your CD and do the following:

Code:

sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter

Make sure that you say no or cancel when the installer asks you to find/download the firmware for you. It will get stuck because it is thinking that there is an internet connection.
Now skip down to the Downloading Firmware section.

If you don't have a Intrepid install CD
You will have to find a place with a working internet connection. Go to this link:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/utils/b43-fwcutter
Download the version that you need--amd64 for 64-bit and i386 for 32-bit. Copy the file to your home directory and do the following:
64-bit:

Code:

cd
sudo dpkg -i b43-fwcutter_011-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb

It is possible that the _011-4ubuntu1_ portion is another number.
Make sure that you say no or cancel when the installer asks you to find/download the firmware for you. It will get stuck because it is thinking that there is an internet connection.

32-bit:

Code:

cd
sudo dpkg -i b43-fwcutter_011-4ubuntu1_i386.deb

It is possible that the _011-4ubuntu1_ portion is another number.
Make sure that you say no or cancel when the installer asks you to find/download the firmware for you. It will get stuck because it is thinking that there is an internet connection.

Downloading Firmware
Both 32-bit and 64-bit:
You will still need to find someplace with a working internet connection and download the following files:

Code:

http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

Copy those files to your home directory. In the Terminal/Konsole/xterm window do the following:

Code:

cd
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
sudo b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
sudo chmod o+rx /lib/firmware/b43 /lib/firmware/b43legacy
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

For those of you who are configuring your /etc/network/interfaces, you might need to do:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

That will restarting your network and will read through the /etc/networking/interfaces to connect.

**Pizbit** · November 2nd, 2008

Cheers Ayuthia, your post got me up and running in minutes.
I was tracking the thread for a post just like yours before installing

Here's the lspci output for my laptop's wireless.

00:09.0 "Network controller [0280]" "Broadcom Corporation [14e4]" "BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [4318]" -r02 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc. [1043]" "Device [120f]"

er, sleepy, and I be meaning the post on page 8, #72

http://ge.ubuntuforums.com/showpost....2&postcount=72

**unknown03** · November 11th, 2008

Ayuthia,
thanks alot for that information. I followed your instructions and got my BCM4318 card working!

Again, thanks

**kannedheat** · November 11th, 2008

Hi all,

I just updated to 8.10 and now my wireless isn't working. I downloaded b43-fwcutter and reinstalled.

Code:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall b43-fwcutter

the blue light is light on my wireless, but Network Manager complains that wlan0 is unmanaged.

Code:

lshw -C network

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:06:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:06:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:0f:b0:be:ea:6a
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 ip=192.168.1.42 latency=128 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:14:a5:63:75:a6
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 8e:38:9a:42:36:5c
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

Code:

lspci | grep Broadcom\ Corporation

06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

Code:

uname -a

Linux dv8000 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Code:

ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b0:be:ea:6a
inet addr:192.168.1.42 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:febe:ea6a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2369 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1896 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3017785 (3.0 MB) TX bytes:273484 (273.4 KB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3032 (3.0 KB) TX bytes:3032 (3.0 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:a5:63:75:a6
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-14-A5-63-75-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Help!

**melvnatic** · November 11th, 2008

Does anyone know a fix for the problem Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 has that does not allow it to connect to encrypted networks?

**Ayuthia** · November 11th, 2008

Originally Posted by kannedheat

Hi all,

I just updated to 8.10 and now my wireless isn't working. I downloaded b43-fwcutter and reinstalled.

Code:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall b43-fwcutter

the blue light is light on my wireless, but Network Manager complains that wlan0 is unmanaged.

Code:

lshw -C network

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:06:02.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64 module=ssb
*-network:1
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:06:06.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:0f:b0:be:ea:6a
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 ip=192.168.1.42 latency=128 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes
*-network:0
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:14:a5:63:75:a6
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 2
logical name: pan0
serial: 8e:38:9a:42:36:5c
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

Code:

lspci | grep Broadcom\ Corporation

06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

Code:

uname -a

Linux dv8000 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Code:

ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b0:be:ea:6a
inet addr:192.168.1.42 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:febe:ea6a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2369 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1896 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3017785 (3.0 MB) TX bytes:273484 (273.4 KB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3032 (3.0 KB) TX bytes:3032 (3.0 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:a5:63:75:a6
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-14-A5-63-75-A6-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

Help!

Can you see any wireless sites:

Code:

sudo iwlist scan

**Citizen_Kane01** · January 8th, 2009

Thanks so much! Work a treat eve for a complete newbie.

**Paul S** · January 10th, 2009

Something's wrong with jockey on 8.10 here. It offers the STA driver, but won't activate it. I had to use your script in post 69 to create a /etc/modprobe.d/wl file and reboot. But, that is working, and so far, it has come up after suspend / resume cycles. I did have to add /etc/pm/config.d/00wl_module with
SUSPEND_MODULES="ieee80211_crypt ieee80211_crypt_tkip wl", otherwise, it would not resume.

paul :~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial:
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.27.12 latency=0 module=wl multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial:
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 latency=64 module=ssb multicast=yes
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial:
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

The wl module was working on hardy.

**Paul S** · January 10th, 2009

BTW, I think you need to use double quotes to get the backticks to get the date printed in your script in post 69 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...2&postcount=69

This works here:

echo -e "#ssb workaround, added `date`\ninstall wl modprobe -r b43 b44 b43legacy ssb; modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip; modprobe --ignore-install wl $CMDLINE_OPTS; modprobe ssb; modprobe b44;" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/wl

**Ayuthia** · January 10th, 2009

Originally Posted by Paul S

BTW, I think you need to use double quotes to get the backticks to get the date printed in your script in post 69 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...2&postcount=69

This works here:

echo -e "#ssb workaround, added `date`\ninstall wl modprobe -r b43 b44 b43legacy ssb; modprobe ieee80211_crypt_tkip; modprobe --ignore-install wl $CMDLINE_OPTS; modprobe ssb; modprobe b44;" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/wl

Actually, your option or the one in post 69 should work. The script was modified from the ndiswrapper no-fluff site:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...#Version%200.3
It also uses the single quote.

Regardless, I am glad to see that you were able to get it to work.

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