Same issue on TravelMate TM8372TG-5454G50Mnbb. Unfortunately Steffen's
work-around didn't work for me.
I also tried following the instructions at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#b43_-
_No_Internet_access but when I returned to Additional Drivers b43 didn't
show up.
What did work was manually building and installing the Broadcom hybrid
wireless driver available from here:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
The README.txt is very clearly written. One caveat though: Running
`make` I received a compiler error about 'ndo_set_multicast_list' not
being a recognised field or something. An internet search turned up that
all you have to do is change 'ndo_set_multicast_list' to
'ndo_set_rx_mode' in the code (src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c, line 388). It's
really very easy and it compiles fine after this, and you can continue
following the README to install your newly compiled kernel module.
One (more) caveat: it may be my imagination but it appears as if my
signal strength is now *slightly* less than it was under 11.10. Perhaps
it's the same though and something has just changed in the way it's
reported, like what happened with an iOS update a while ago and got a
lot of people upset.
Anyway, if anyone else can't get Steffen's method to work I this proves
useful.
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Title:
Ubuntu 12.04 fails to install broadcom STA drivers
Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu:
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Bug description:
Jockey fails to properly install broadcom STA wireless drivers.
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