I have a BCM4318 card. You do need ndiswrapper, for which you will need the appropriate drivers. I found mine at ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020_5020/driver/80211g.zip for 32-bit or ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020_5020/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip for 64-bit. That said, I have not had any luck under FC5 with NetworkManager and this card. It worked under FC4, but now (although the network shows up) I cannot connect to it. There have been various queries to the list, but no answers. When I use the wireless I usually use this script as root:
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID>
/sbin/dhclient wlan0
You have to fill in your <ESSID>. Please don't ask me what it does - it works, and I have been content with that.
John
On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 10:28 -0400, networkmanager-list-request gnome org wrote:
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:56:21 -0500
From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>
Subject: Use of BCM4318 card with NetworkManager
To: networkmanager-list gnome org
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I realize I posted this before but with the wrong subject:
Does anyone have some good advice on how to get a :
BCM4318 [AirForceOne 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller card working under
NetworkManager? Is ndiswrapper needed and if so how should it be used?
If this is really OT please ignore me.
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After many time trying I found this link on ubuntu forums. I had to start out wired to get the packages, but it works. Heres the showthread197102 read it through at the top if you don't need the ndiswapper skip click here at the top. Thanks Team for your great work that shows of always at the right time... |
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If you want to JUST setup network-manager WITHOUT ndiswrapper (in other words, you already have working wireless internet), click here. This HOWTO is for people who have a Broadcom 4318 Wifi card in their laptop. This card can sometimes be a bit difficult to setup, so I have provided a working method (for me, anyway). This should also fix problems that cause the card to stop working when you upgrade from Breezy to Dapper. There is another thread for people who have other Broadcom wifi cards, which can be found here. To check if you have a Broadcom 4318 Card, open up the terminal (click the Applications button, then Accessories, and then Terminal) and run (just copy and paste the code from the code boxes throughout the HOWTO [in the terminal, this is done by right click anywhere and clicking paste, ctrl+v doesn't work]) Code:
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The point of this HOWTO is to make it as simple as possible (not to educate people - if you want to know how this works, open the script and read it) for people who have just installed Ubuntu for the first time, so I wrote a script and have provided a set of drivers that worked for me. It is important to note that not all drivers will work as expected, so please use the ones I have posted. If you have any problems, please feel free to post them, and help will be given. This script requires no internet connection after it is downloaded. Process
EDIT: This was updated on June 20, 2006 to make the size smaller, and include ndiswrapper so that an internet connection is not required. Also, some steps were removed from the installation process. EDIT: This was updated on June 21, 2006 to add a 64-bit version (thanks redmoth!) and to make a few minor changes. EDIT: This was updated on June 22, 2006 (I know, I have no life :P ) so that now it supports network manager AND WPA encryption (use WPA supplicant) -thanks magomago! Comments and suggestions are appreciated. Last edited by compwiz18 : 3 Days Ago at 09:37 PM. |
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>The point of this HOWTO is to make it as simple as possible....
You achieved your goal.....thank you very much...... |
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Getting ready to try this. Does it install ndisrapper from the ubuntu install cd or do I need to be connected to the internet? Thanks.
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Ok...I tried this out. Had to connect with my wired NIC and enable the extra repositories to det ndiswrapper. My light didn't light up so I thought it didn't work, but when I rebooted it came on. I get the green bars in the toolbar but I can't laod any websites. Firefox just sits there and says something like locating page or loading page, something like that. I've got WEP setup on my router and properly entered in network properties and everything. I'm not sure why I can't view any sites. Any ideas?
Thank for this script. This is the closest I've come to getting wireless to work on my laptop (compaq v2508wm). I feel like I'm one step away from getting it to work completely. Any help is appreciated. **EDIT I rebooted back into Ubuntu and now it's working. I'm not sure what happened but I'm posting from Ubuntu now thanks to compwiz18. Much appreciated. Only took me about a week to get it working Now I'm scared to install all the updates it's telling me are available for fear it will screw something up. Last edited by revilot : 1 Week Ago at 02:13 PM. |
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I updated the guide to reflect comments and questions, so now it should be easier to use.
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Thanks so much for the help! I was slightly discouraged when my wireless stopped working after I upgraded Breezy to Dapper, but it's working perfectly now.
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This did the trick with my Dell Inspiron B120 laptop. Thanks for the great info!
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My Presario V2000 works with these drivers... Thanks for your help!
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Got mine working but can't see it in network manager. Anyway to use something other than wep? Maybe because it is marked as eth1 instead of wlan in network settings?
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I couldn't figure out how to make network manager work. But if someone did with this script, and posts the instructions here, I will add the steps to the script so that it is automatically configured as well. |
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