Since the release of Ubuntu (6.06.1) “Dapper Drake” there have been some great improvements in support for wireless and broadcom chipsets. You no longer need to configure ndiswrapper for wireless support. This supports *MOST* broadcom chipsets. I have only run into one model that does not work.
To quickly install and configure support for your broadcom chipset use the following commands:
- sudo aptitude install bcm43xx-fwcutter
- sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/./install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh
- reboot
(note: if the package is not available see my post on how to add extra repositories)
At this point your system should recognize your wireless card and you can configure it in System > Admin > Networking. ENJOY!
The bcm43xx-fwcutter package gives you the ability to use the native broadcom firmware with the native linux kernel. This allows us to bypass using the Windows drivers and ndiswrapper.
Note: This doesn’t work on a few select types of broadcom chipsets. Also, on my chipset it only supports up to 11M (instead of 54M). I have been using this for more than six months with no trouble.
I used this and it worked! Using XUbuntu 7.10 with Linksys WRT54GS.
Didn’t work on my ubuntu 7.10
Worked beautifully on my install of Ubuntu Studio 7.10. I’ve been trying to do this for a while, and it was like bashing my head on a wall.
You, sir (or madam) are my hero.