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 >> >> -- >> http://www.aswinatgec.wordpress.com/ >> i would love to change the world..... but they wont give me the source >> code... >> > > > > -- > http://www.aswinatgec.wordpress.com/ > i would love to change the world..... but they wont give me the source > code... > > > > > > -- അനൂപ് പനവളപ്പില് സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ് - എന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിന് എന്റെ ഭാഷ [Web : http://smc.org.in] [GG : http://groups.google.com/group/smc-discuss] [IRC : #smc-project in FreeNode] ► "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." --Ernesto Che Guevara ◄ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
