On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Kurian John <[email protected]> wrote:

>  You can try bcm43xx-fwcutter (If you have a bcm43xx WiFi chip) or
> ndiswrapper.
>

No need of NDISwrapper. You can use Broadcom driver packages for various
GNU/Linux distros


> fwcutter should be convenient because the kernel module for ndiswrapper
> needs to be built every time you upgrade to a new kernel. Google for
> Broadcom Wifi under Linux and fwcutter. There's a lot of howtos available
>

One fine tutorial for fwcutter is available here But it didn't work for
me :-
http://www.linlap.com/wiki/configuring+the+b43+driver+for+broadcom+based+wireless+controllers+in+fedora+10


> (You'll need to download/extract the firmware for your card). I've been
> using fwcutter on Fedora (9 and 10) for a long time now.
>
> And I thought Broadcom opened their drivers... Anybody using their drivers
> yet?
>

Yes they are. I am using Broadcom driver for BCM4312 in my Fedora 10 and is
working fine(it's a nonfree driver). For more details please find this post
:-
http://blog.librecode.org/2009/03/configuring-broadcom-bcm4312-wireless-card-in-fedora-10/

Thanks,
ap



>
> Regards,
> Kurian
>
>
> On 05/08/2009 07:53 AM, Aswin S wrote:
>
> I performed an update yesterday. Now my wifi is not detected at all. There
> is no propreitary driver available for the wireless card. What should I do??
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Aswin S <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I installed ubuntu Jaunty. I installed Broadcom STA wireless driver from
>> Restricted drivers manager. But I am not able to use wifi. My laptop model
>> is Lenovo Y410. When I use the combination Fn+F5 to switch on the wifi, the
>> blue LED that indicates wifi remains off.
>> Here is the output of *sudo iwconfig*
>>
>> lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>>
>> eth1      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point:
>> Not-Associated
>>           Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:off
>>           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>           Power Managementmode:All packets received
>>           Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
>>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>
>> pan0      no wireless extensions.
>>
>> I tried resetting BIOS settings. But that didn't work.
>> Please Help
>>
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