Ubuntu Notes and How-Tos

Monday, August 20, 2007

How to enable Broadcom 43xx in Feisty

Laptop: Acer Aspire 9300 (AMD64)

  1. Download bcm43xx-fwcutter and install.
  2. Download this to your Desktop.
  3. $ sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` ~/Desktop/wl_apsta.o
  4. Reboot.
  5. Enable the connection via System>Administration>Networking
If it wireless card isn't detected, do this:
    $ sudo modprobe bcm43xx
then go back to Step 5.

This was taken (and with much thanks) at http://www.segundanariz.com/ubuntu/p=31

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