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BCM43XX – Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10

May 14th 2008 in Ubuntu

The following couple steps allowed me to get my BSM43XX wireless internet card to work in my Presrio V5000 laptop, running Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10. I found the steps at the Ubuntu Forums.

Do the steps one line at a time.

sudo apt-get install build-essential

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

tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2

cd b43-fwcutter-011

make

cd

export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR=”/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

Then restart your computer, and it should work fine. You might have to put in your wireless network password.

via Ubuntu Forums

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