Hello every one:
I just received a card that's supported by my laptop. I can not figure 
out how to get it to work. What FW do I need, any drivers ....etc.

dmesg | grep -i bcm
bcm43xx driver
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4311, rev 0x1
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0xa, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x817, rev 0x3, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x820, rev 0x1, vendor 0x4243
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Analog: 4, Type 2, Revision 8
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 2205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, 
.encrypt = 1
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, 
.encrypt = 1
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, 
.encrypt = 1
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)
bcm43xx: set security called, .active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, 
.encrypt = 1
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load 
failed.
bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-2)



cat /var/log/messages
Nov  8 21:10:11 localhost syslogd 1.4.2: restart.
Nov  8 21:10:19 localhost firmware_helper[4988]: Loading of 
/lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx driver failed: No such 
file or directory
Nov  8 21:10:19 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode 
"bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
Nov  8 21:10:19 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 
core failed (-2)
Nov  8 21:10:19 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: set security called, 
.active_key = 0, .level = 1, .enabled = 1, .encrypt = 1
Nov  8 21:10:20 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Unable to find matching 
network after scan!
Nov  8 21:10:20 localhost firmware_helper[5001]: Loading of 
/lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode5.fw for bcm43xx driver failed: No such 
file or directory
Nov  8 21:10:20 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Error: Microcode 
"bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.
Nov  8 21:10:20 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 
core failed (-2)


Any advice about how to proceed ?





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