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Here are a couple of links that have been passed to me - but I can't vouch for their quality.\par \par http://www.beginningubuntu.com/dappe...t_wifi_working\par http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201902\par \par Good luck. I'm very happy that this how-to has helped so many people in the past year or so.\par \par Broadcom wireless cards are tricky to set up in ubuntu, and the forums are full of frustrated users seeking advice. Broadcom provide no Linux support (feel free to complain to your hardware vendor or choose a different card if you haven't yet shelled out your cash), but they can be made to work - and you're in the right place if you want to know how.\par \par First, you need to find out if this How To is for you. Broadcom wireless cards come under many brand names and, in particular, are used in many Dell and Acer laptops. Look for the drivers supplied with your card (Dell usually store a copy in C:/DRIVERS/NETWORK/ADDON); if you have a file called bcmwl5.inf or bcmwl5a.inf then keep on reading. You won't succeed without following these instructions!\par \par 0. Before you start, clear out any mess from existing failed attempts to use ndiswrapper. Note that you shouldn't use a root terminal to execute the code in this how-to; use a normal terminal session instead.\par Code:\par \par sudo modprobe -r bcmwl5\par sudo rmmod ndiswrapper\par sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils\par sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/\par sudo rm -r /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper\par \par Some of these steps may report errors; just ignore them.\par \par 1. Copy the bcmwl5.inf and bcmwl5.sys files to your desktop\par \par 2. Follow the advice given here under How to add extra repositories\par \par 3. Open a terminal session and enter this code. Note that you need an active network connection for this to work; I've assumed that if you have access to a wireless LAN, you also have access to a wired network as a fallback.\par Code:\par \par sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils\par sudo ndiswrapper -i ~/Desktop/bcmwl5.inf\par sudo ndiswrapper -m\par for conffile in /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf; do\par sudo cat $conffile | sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' > $conffile\par done\par \par 4. Reboot your PC. On restarting, the light on your wireless card should come on. If not, try entering\par Code:\par \par sudo modprobe ndiswrapper\par \par 5. Your card is now working. Open the networking configuration tool System --> Administration --> Networking\par \par 6. Select your wireless network card (probably wlan0) and hit the properties button.\par \par 7. Tick the 'This device is configured' box, and enter your network name and connection settings. Ask your office network administrator for support if you don't know what this question means, or copy your settings from Windows.\par \par 8. BE CAREFUL entering your WEP key, if you're using one. You're expected to enter this in hexadecimal form; if you don't speak hex, prefix your key with s:\par \par 9. Click OK. The screen should close fairly quickly; if it hangs, you probably aren't connected properly.\par \par 10. Back in the Network Settings screen, select your wireless device as the default gateway device.\par \par 11. Click OK. Again, the screen should close fairly quickly.\par \par 12. Enjoy wireless nirvana. If everything works, you can delete the file from your desktop.\par \par 13. You might notice that the signal strength applet doesn't work properly. This is a known bug with these cards.\par \par If you have trouble, try booting into Windows - if you dual boot - and checking that the card is enabled. Some laptops allow the wireless card to be switched off, usually with a special key combination, and I've not found a reliable way to make this work in Linux.\par \par (Note: This how-to has been updated to reflect all comments from the thread up to 19 April)\par __________________\par Last edited by jonny : July 5th, 2006 at 07:59 PM. Reason: Add warning about using a root terminal\par Reply With Quote\par jonny\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to jonny\par Find all posts by jonny\par #2 \par Old April 10th, 2005\par poofyhairguy's Avatar \tab\par poofyhairguy poofyhairguy is offline\par Ubuntu Master Roaster\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Nov 2004\par Location: Texas\par Beans: 3,806\par Send a message via AIM to poofyhairguy\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par great Howto. I need this next weekend. What a lifesaver...\par __________________\par Quote:\par Those folks who try to impose analog rules on digital content will find themselves on the wrong side of the tidal wave.\par - Mark Shuttleworth\par Reply With Quote\par poofyhairguy\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to poofyhairguy\par Find all posts by poofyhairguy\par #3 \par Old April 11th, 2005\par Chromance Chromance is offline\par First Cup of Ubuntu\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Apr 2005\par Beans: 7\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par what version of Ndiswrapper is included in the ubuntu 5.04? should be 1.1?\par __________________\par Reply With Quote\par Chromance\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to Chromance\par Find all posts by Chromance\par #4 \par Old April 12th, 2005\par Remix_88 Remix_88 is offline\par 5 Cups of Ubuntu\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Apr 2005\par Location: Hampshire, UK\par Beans: 36\par Dapper Drake Testing/ User\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par You don't have to edit all the .conf files by hand. Replace steps 'sudo gedit' and Step 4 with the following...\par \par Code:\par \par $ sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf\par \par __________________\par Reply With Quote\par Remix_88\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to Remix_88\par Visit Remix_88's homepage!\par Find all posts by Remix_88\par #5 \par Old April 12th, 2005\par kuleali's Avatar \tab\par kuleali kuleali is offline\par A Carafe of Ubuntu\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Mar 2005\par Beans: 124\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par it worked, thank you\par __________________\par See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky ******* too.\par Reply With Quote\par kuleali\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to kuleali\par Find all posts by kuleali\par #6 \par Old April 12th, 2005\par jonny jonny is offline\par Way Too Much Ubuntu\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Dec 2004\par Beans: 278\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par Quote:\par Originally Posted by Remix_88\par You don't have to edit all the .conf files by hand. Replace steps 'sudo gedit' and Step 4 with the following...\par \par Code:\par \par $ sed -e 's/RadioState|1/RadioState|0/' /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/*.conf\par \par Thanks; I've updated the how-to. I knew you could use sed instead of gedit, but couldn't get the syntax quite right. You're obviously smarter then me!\par \par By the way, if you get here from a search engine, I imagine this would work for any other Debian based distros. Steps 5 onward need Gnome, but KDE has equivalent tools.\par __________________\par Reply With Quote\par jonny\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to jonny\par Find all posts by jonny\par #7 \par Old April 13th, 2005\par Musiknonstop Musiknonstop is offline\par First Cup of Ubuntu\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Apr 2005\par Beans: 1\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par Hi,\par \par When I use the sed command the output just oes to the terminal window. The files do not get changed. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here?\par \par Thanks\par __________________\par Reply With Quote\par Musiknonstop\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to Musiknonstop\par Find all posts by Musiknonstop\par #8 \par Old April 13th, 2005\par jonny jonny is offline\par Way Too Much Ubuntu\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Dec 2004\par Beans: 278\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par I'll have to test this tomorrow. In the meantime, you need to replace the sed command with these steps:\par \par - sudo gedit\par - This will open a text editor. Open every file in the directory /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/ and replace every instance of RadioState|1 with RadioState|0\par - continue with step 4\par \par Sorry for the confusion.\par __________________\par Reply With Quote\par jonny\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to jonny\par Find all posts by jonny\par #9 \par Old April 13th, 2005\par Antman's Avatar \tab\par Antman Antman is offline\par Gee! These Aren't Roasted!\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Apr 2005\par Location: The Land of Sidux\par Beans: 202\par Debian User\par Re: HOW TO: Configure wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets\par Thank you, thank you, thank you. I knew all the steps but the "sed" step.\par \par I'm going to boot into Ubuntu now and try it.\par \par Ant\par __________________\par Reply With Quote\par Antman\par View Public Profile\par Send a private message to Antman\par Visit Antman's homepage!\par Find all posts by Antman\par #10 \par Old April 14th, 2005\par Antman's Avatar \tab\par Antman Antman is offline\par Gee! These Aren't Roasted!\par \tab \tab\par Join Date: Apr 2005\par Location: The Land of Sidux\par Beans: 202\par Debian User\par It works!!\par Quote:\par Originally Posted by jonny\par I'll have to test this tomorrow. In the meantime, you need to replace the sed command with these steps:\par \par - sudo gedit\par - This will open a text editor. Open every file in the directory /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/ and replace every instance of RadioState|1 with RadioState|0\par - continue with step 4\par \par Sorry for the confusion.\par Johnny,\par \par Thanks for posting this. After I edited the .conf files my card started working after doing modprobe. 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