How To: Get Broadcom Wireless Working: Elyssa

[Acid_1]

Okies, I had some difficulty getting wireless to work, so after scouring the internet, from a wired connection I finally got it. It requires that you have an internet connection, just to do a couple of things, first download wl_apsta.o to your destop:

wl_apsta.o.lzma.tar.gz

Extract it using archive manager, then you'll be left with 'wl_apsta.o.lzma'. Open it with archive manager, and extract it. Now for the hard-ish part:

You'll need build essential, so:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential

then type:

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cd
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-011
make
cd ..

now, wherever I put adam, put you're compy name there, eg, fred, joe, etc.

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export /home/adam/Desktop=”/lib/firmware”
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o

Worked for me, post your comments and let me know how it works for you.

[Husse]

This is the Linux driver way. In the wifi wiki you find a link to the ndiswrapper way
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/MintWifi
Pity this chip is so hard to use...

[angelbeast]

Okies, I had some difficulty getting wireless to work, so after scouring the internet, from a wired connection I finally got it. It requires that you have an internet connection, just to do a couple of things, first download wl_apsta.o to your destop:

wl_apsta.o.lzma.tar.gz

Extract it using archive manager, then you'll be left with 'wl_apsta.o.lzma'. Open it with archive manager, and extract it. Now for the hard-ish part:

You'll need build essential, so:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential

then type:

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cd
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-011
make
cd ..

now, wherever I put adam, put you're compy name there, eg, fred, joe, etc.

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export /home/adam/Desktop=”/lib/firmware”
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o

Worked for me, post your comments and let me know how it works for you.

This tutorial is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

How do i uninstall this?

[Husse]

How do i uninstall this?

This is discussed today in a separate topic which I don't find now
As I've written some 120 posts since yesterday noon it's not so strange

[Arron]

hwcutter is not nearly as stable for me and others I know as the ndiswrapper. There is a good howto here:

http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... om_bcm43xx

It is very simple to install, I even have a script to do it easily if others would like it.

Arron

[Hepburn]

Thanks for posting this How To! My wireless was fine when I used the Live USB, and I didn't have a clue what had gone wrong after I installed it. Wired connections aren't fun.

I do have one question, though, if you don't mind. When I did the final step, this happened:

laura@Hepburn ~ $ export /home/Hepburn/Desktop=”/lib/firmware”
bash: export: `/home/Hepburn/Desktop=”/lib/firmware”': not a valid identifier

Everything works fine, but I just wondered what it meant/the implications are? I'm a Linux Mint newbie, and a bit on the inquisitive side

TTFN
Hepburn

[Acid_1]

@sgla1--

Lol I checked My Posts to see what's new and this is the last thing I expected to have posts in. Just to let you know, the previous post was made July 14, 2008. Haha. I don't think it's applicable anymore. But I suppose the BASH article is worth it