UbuntuHelp:WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty No-Fluff

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(Note: With the 2.6.22-14-generic kernel upgrade, there may be a problem with DHCP when encryption is enabled on the router. I'll look into this.) This other howTo is excellent, but it has a lot of exposition. All this background information is great if it's the first time you're setting up the card. However, if you're setting it for a second or third time, it's a lot of fluff to wade through. This is the distilled version. Update (Oct 2007): Gutsy Gibbon (*Ubuntu 7.10) has native support (via the restricted driver manager) that actually works, so this guide isn't strictly necessary for Gutsy. However Gutsy's native support isn't capable of quite the same bandwidth as this ndiswrapper solution. Fortunately, this guide also appears to be compatible with Gutsy . Update (19 Apr 2008): I'm getting mixed feedback from Hardy Heron (version 8.04) beta testers. There is a bug with (ssb) module loading (bug 1 bug 2) that prevents ndiswrapper from working properly. There are workarounds listed on those bug reports, but hopefully the bug will be fixed soon. Give this guide a try, and give your feedback here or in the accompanying forum thread. If this guide doesn't work, be sure to give detailed symptom descriptions. This guide is aimed for folks with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). Things have changed for the better since Edgy Eft (e.g., you probably don't have to compile anything anymore), so if you have a fresh install of Feisty, and a BCM43xx, then this guide's for you. If that doesn't describe your situation exactly, this howTo might work, but if in doubt, head on over to the fluffy howTo. This guide assumes a wired connection, however, this post on the accompanying forum thread has some (untested) pointers on off-line installation (of the BCM4311, but they could easily be adapted for other BCM43xx versions). This guide happens to have been written against a Dell D620 with the built-in Dell 1390 mini wireless card (BCM 4311).

Testimonials

Others benefit from detailed feedback, so you get bonus points if you provide all of the following in your notes:

Machine Brand and Model
Wireless Brand and Model (please post the whole line): `lspci | grep Broadcom`
Wireless Chipset: `lspci -n | grep '14e4:43'`
Ubuntu Version: `lsb_release -d`
Kernel/architecture (including 32 vs. 64 bit) : `uname -mr`
Any extra boot options you might be using (e.g., noacpi, irqpoll, etc.)
Whether or not you had to compile NDISWrapper
Which version of Step 2 you used

User	Result	WikibotDateWikibot	Notes
Sample	Success/Failure	Date
JamieJackson	Success	Jun 14, 2007	Dell D620; Dell 1390 mini wireless card (Broadcom BCM4311); Network Manager + WPA working
ShawnMcburnie	Success	Jul 3, 2007	Acer Aspire 9410Z; Intel 1390 (Broadcom BCM4311)
SebastianEwert	Success	Jul 5, 2007	BCM4318 in an Asus WL-138G-rev2. But used drivers from Asus Website. Installed WinXP drivers. Seems stable and I don't see any transmission power issues that I've seen with the free bcm34xx driver. Network Manager + WPA working [I've incorporated this feedback into the howto -- JamieJackson]
aciddecode	Success	Jul 9, 2007	Dell Inspiron 6400; Dell 1390 mini wireless card BCM4311
Merindabrayfield	Success	July 18, 2007	Compaq Presario c500; make sure you are connected to the internet before you start
(on behalf of) Snipersnest	Success (with caveats)	Aug 1 2007	I'm using an HP dv9010us laptop with bcm4311 [and I] have to load the system with noacpi. ...this tutorial now works for me. But not for Ubuntu 7.04. It works for me on Ubuntu 7.10 with the 2.6.22 kernel and NDISwrapper 1.48rc1 compiled from source. ... I found that in my case the 2.6.20-15/16 kernel and having to use noacpi makes ndiswrapper incompatible. This can be fixed by compiling a new 2.6.22 kernel OR wait till October and install Gusty Gibbon 7.10. If your feeling adventurous I guess you could try Gusty like I did. It fixed my problems.
(on behalf of) boomcat	Success	Aug 10, 2007	Specs: T20 Thinkpad, Pentium III at 700 mHz, 256M RAM, 100G HD, Feisty Faun i86 clean install, no other OS on this machine, Linksys WPC54G V3 PCMCIA wireless card. My card uses the BCM4318 chipset, so I used step 2c.
(on behalf of) ctt1wbw	Success	Aug 16, 2007	I didn't have to compile ndiswrapper. And I have the broadcom 4318 chip. I have an HP Pavillion dv8000 laptop.
Darkwolf2	Partial Success	Aug 25, 2007	Compaq F572US xubuntu 7.04, Compile ndiswrapper 1.47, Used driver from a modified step listed in the thread [ed--this driver is now incorporated in Step 2a]; Cannot get IP lease with kernel 2.6.20-16, no issues with kernel 2.6.20-15 [darkwolf-- as of xubuntu 7.10 AMD64; this HowTo works with step 2a no compiling was needed.] [update 2: see gutsy success testimonial from Nov 10, 2007]
(on behalf of) bigbee79	Success	Aug 29, 2007	I'm another frustrated F572US user, or I was frustrated. I used the new 2nd step [ed--now called step 2a] and after rebooting my wireless card is now working for the first time. Everything seems to be working great. I'm using the 64 bit version of Ubuntu and I used the suggested "noapic" during booting and install. I didn't use the irqpoll one though.
(on behalf of) may04	Success	Sept 6, 2007	I am a new user and installed 7.04 a few times but could not get my Linksys WMP54G to work. Tonight I reinstalled and right after the updates I copied and pasted the commands, rebooted and opened Wireless Assistant 0.5.5 and it worked.
(on behalf of) hambudge	Success	Sept 8, 2007	Success hp dv6000 broadcomwireless 4318; Ubuntu 7.04 alternative cd (booted via F6 "noapic nolapic" added to command line).
(on behalf of) YMLiew	Success	Sept 8, 2007	Ubuntu 7.04, 64 Bit AMD - Desktop; Compaq Presario V3000(V3010AU) , WLAN : Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) (Broadcom BCM4311 KFBG); Working Great
(on behalf of) Tonny Hooijer	Success	Sept 9, 2007	I have a Dell Lattitude D610 with the following wireless device according to lspci : Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 [AirForce 54g] 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver (rev 02). The only thing working for me was the last part, i did have to compile the ndiswrapper...and reboot. But it works now!
(on behalf of) hgh9mrp	Success	Sept 11, 2007	Dell Optiplex GX1 with a PII; Linksys WMP54G with Broadcom bcm4306; Xubuntu 7.04 with XFCE; Used Step 2b of the procedure; No compilation of ndiswrapper was necessary
(on behalf of) ForTheOrca	Success	Sept 13, 2007	Compaq Presario C571NR; Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01); 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux; No particular boot options that I'm aware of; Didn't need to compile NDISWrapper; used Step 2b
CristianCantoro	Succes	Sept 14, 2007	HP Compaq nx7300; Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)- compiled ndiswrapper (step 2b didn't solve the problem, wireless connection disappeared from network manager)
(on behalf of) AB34125	Success	Sept 14, 2007	Compaq Presario v2000; Broadcom Corporation BCM4318; Xubuntu, 32 bit Linux laptop 2.6.20-16-generic; Had to Compile ndiswrapper
(on behalf of) hrimhari	Success	Sept 18, 2007	HP Pavilion dv2404; How-to worked for me, using step 2a; 01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 02); Took me about 5 minutes ; ) Only thing is that I had to try my wireless network twice before it would connect. No clues why.
(on behalf of) marq06	Success	Sept 20, 2007	HP Compaq NX 7300; Broadcom Corporation BCM4311; Ubuntu, 32 bit Linux laptop 2.6.20-16-generic; Followed step 2b; No compiling. Just worked.
(on behalf of) GunnerH	Success	Oct 2, 2007	HP Pavillion dv6424ca; PCI ID 14e4:4312 [BCM4310 (rev 02)]; Ubuntu Version 32-bit Ubuntu 7.04 (Fiesty Fawn) Kernel 2.6.20-16-generic on AMD 64x2 Turion; using "noapic" boot option; had to compile NDISWrapper; used step 2a
Mooky	Success	Oct 2, 2007	Dell XPS M1210; Dell 1500 Draft-N 802.11a/b/g miniPCI (Broadcom 4328); Ubuntu 7.04 2.6.20-16 32-bit on Intel Core2 Duo; used Dell WinXP driver download for step 2, download from Dell Support Site and unzip it, driver is in DRIVER subfolder; Works on open 802.11g and WPA-PSK 802.11g so far. ~-(Editor's Update: I've incorporated this driver into this howto.)-~
phisher1	Success	Oct 3rd, 2007	HP dv9000; Broadcom Dell Wireless 1390 4311 (rev 02); Followed guide using Step 2a, Kubuntu Feisty Working with No Encryption, WEP and WPA
(on behalf of) cscott	Success	Oct 10, 2007	It worked great for me. I have a Toshiba Tecra 9000 using the broadcom 4318. The initial instructions did not work, but I followed the further [ndiswrapper compilation] instructions and it worked great!
Claus Aranha	Success	Oct 15, 2007	HP Compaq nc2400 - worked without a hitch. Used Step 2b. Box says the chipset is a Broadcom 4311BG 802.11b/g, lspci said Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
michael37	Success	Oct 24, 2007	Dell Inspiron E1505/6400 with Dell Wireless 1390 mini-PCI (lspci detected Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)). Downloaded Dell WinXP driver R151519.EXE for step 2 -- see Mooky testimony above. Works on 801.11g
(on behalf of) besseresser	Success	Nov 5, 2007	I have an HP G7000 laptop. Everything seems to work fine, except the laptop's w-lan on/off switch, It does nothing. I didn't have to compile ndiswrapper manually, and step 2a was used.; Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64
ivanmladek	Success	Nov 8, 2007	HP Pavillion DV6000Z with Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01) on 14e4:4312 (rev 01) on amd64 bit Ubuntu 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 06:17:24 UTC 2007 x86_64 running -compiled- ndiswrapper v1.49. using Dell WXP64 driver http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R140747.EXE
(on behalf of) syga	Success	Nov 6, 2007	Instructions worked perfectly on Gutsy 64. Had to use ndiswrapper and step 2[b] of the instructions; Dell Inspiron 1501; Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01); Chipset:14e4:4311 (rev 01); compiled ndiswrapper
(on behalf of) oppo	Success	Nov 6, 2007	Presario V3000,4311 rev 01. Gutsy. Worked perfectly! I tried many other posts over 3 days and this is the one that finally works.
(on behalf of) bbrg548	Success	Nov 6, 2007	Machine == HP Pavilion dv9628nr; Wireless Brand + Model == Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); Wireless Chipset == 03:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu Version == 7.10 (64 bit) Kernel 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64; No extra boot options; I did not have to compile ndiswrapper; I used step 2a
(on behalf of) drs345	Success	Nov 6, 2007	Followed step 2a. No compiling necessary. Broadcom 4311 rev 2, BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); Lenovo N100, Gutsy 7.10 32-bit, 2.6.22-14-generic; Chipset: 03:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01); Previously could see the network but not connect with the proprietary Broadcom restricted drivers enabled. Gutsy broadcom 43xx restricted driver is now unchecked/uninstalled.
(on behalf of) Cod	Success	Nov 6, 2007	Dell Latitude D420 with a fairly fresh Gutsy install; Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01); I went for option 2b and did not have to compile ndiswrapper.
(on behalf of) Praxicoide	Success	Nov 6, 2007	Success! Everything went smoothly. The computer is a Compaq Presario V300 with fresh Gusty Gibbon.
(on behalf of) Hamditter	Success	Nov 10, 2007	This worked great for me. It took me a bit longer then 5 minutes, because I'm a slow typist, and I double checked each line for accuracy before hitting return. I'm using an old Dell Inspiron 2650, with Gutsy. The card is a Linksys WPC54G, with the BCM4318 chipset
(on behalf of) DarkW0lf	Success	Nov 10, 2007	I had to reinstall 7.04 due to a bad upgrade. And upgraded fresh from there. Model: Compaq F572US; Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PC (rev 02); 14e4:4311 (rev 02); OS: xubuntu 7.10 AMD64; 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP x86_64; Added Boot Option: noapic; Compile: No; Used step 2a
(on behalf of) guggero	Success	Nov 10, 2007	Machine: HP Compaq 6910p; Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu: 7.10; Kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686; Boot options: Default boot options; Compile ndiswrapper: No; Used Step: 2a
(on behalf of) raichle	Success	Nov 12, 2007	Success! Wireless + WPA!!! This is with a fresh install of Gutsy, was using Restricted Driver Manager but it was lousy. Did not have to compile ndiswrapper and I used step 2c. Dell Inspiron B130; Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02); 14e4:4318 (rev 02); 32bit 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686
stapple	Success	Nov 14, 2007	Machine: HP G6030EM; Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu: 7.10; Boot options: nosplash noapic nosmp (note wireless does not function if acpi=off option used); Compile ndiswrapper: No; Used Step: 2a
Joshua	Success	Nov 16, 2007	Machine- HP Pavilion dv6500; Wireless Model- 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); Wireless Chipset- 03:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu Version- 7.10; Kernel- 2.6.22-14-generic i686 32bit; Boot options: unchanged from installed defaults; didn't compiled ndiswrapper; Used Step: 2a
(on behalf of) coolclassic	Success	Nov 17, 2007	Dell Inspiron 1501,Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01), 14e4:4311 (rev 01), kubuntu 7.10, 2.6.22-14-generic i686 no boot options, Did not compile ndiswrapper, Step 2b
(on behalf of) ghasek	Success	Nov 18, 2007	HP Compaq 6720s; 1Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; no extra boot options; didn't have to compile; step 2a
Poobslag	Success	Nov 21, 2007	Alienware AMD Athlin X2 3600 Dual Core Processor; Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; Compile used; step 2a. 2c is the recommended choice, but it did not work.
(on behalf of) HW_Hack	Success	Dec 3, 2007	Dell Inspiron B130; Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02); 14e4:4318 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.04; 2.6.20-16-generic i686; No boot options used; compiled ndiswrapper; step 2c
(on behalf of) aatiis	Success	Dec 5, 2007	HP nx6325; Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01); 14e4:4312 (rev 01); Kubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; no extra boot options; Step 2b; compiled ndiswrapper: The reason I have compiled ndiswrapper 1.50 is that I tried with the wrong windows driver first, so I thought that was the problem. I think it should have worked with the binaries from the repo.
JayeshPuthukkara	Success	DEC 10, 2007	HP Compaq 6710b; 10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02); 10:00.0 0280: 14e4:4312 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; no extra boot options; didn't have to compile; step 2a
(on behalf of) Steenmeijer	Success	Dec 5, 2007	Acer Aspire 9305AWSMi; Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01); 14e4:4311 (rev 01); Ubuntu 7.10 - Fresh install; 2.6.22-14-generic i686; No compiling NDISWrapper; Step 2b
(on behalf of) benson	Success	Dec 8, 2007	Acer Aspire 4310; Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01); 14e4:4311 (rev 01); Ubuntu 7.10 2.6.22-14-generic i686; No boot options; Did not compile ndiswrapper; Step 2b
(on behalf of) kvonb	Success	Dec 15, 2007	Hewlett Packard Pavilion 6645eg (KA057EA#ABD) laptop; Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02); 14e4:4312 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic i686; NO extra boot options; standard ndiswrapper from repos; used step 2a (sp34152.exe); The wireless didn't work with the "restricted driver", [but this guide worked]; [using WPA2]; [running at 54mbps]
RomanBrodylo	Success	Dec 18, 2007	HP Compaq 6715b; BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; WPA, 54Mb/s; step 2a
Evert Mantel	Success	Dec 19, 2007	HP dv6550; BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; WPA, 54Mb/s; step 2a; only after update to 2.6.22.14; before it didn't work
Hayke	Success	Dec 28, 2007	Compaq Presario C710ED; Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); chipset:01:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10 2.6.22-14-generic i686; No compilation of ndiswrapper needed; I did encounter problems with wget (compaq-ftp-server down...). In step 2a I downloaded the file manually from HP Support site. Native restricted driver in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) did recognize the broadcom device, but didn't manage to find wireless networks with nm-applet. This Ndiswrapper solution works flawless.
(on behalf of) bhavinjo	Success	Dec 28, 2007	Gateway 7508GX laptop; Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02); 14e4:4318 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic i686; no extra boot options; no ndiswrapper compilation needed; step 2c
(on behalf of) jbloodwo	Success*	Dec 30, 2007	Dell Vostro 1400; Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03); 14e4:4328 (rev 03); Ubuntu 7.10; 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; no extra boot options; no ndiswrapper compilation needed; 2d; *The only strange this is I was not aple to get DHCP to assign an ip adress after entering my wepkey until after i assigned a static adress and then went back to DHCP. anyway I am posting this from 7.10 and all is working well with the wireless.
Chris Strobel	Success	Dec 31, 2007	Dell Vostro 1000; BCM94311MCG 802.11a/b/g (rev 01); Ubuntu 7.10 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; Seems to work as expected, no additional steps needed. But mysteriously the bootscreen is not showing anymore, only a black screen until gdm appears.
xobes	Success	Jan 5, 2008	Compaq Presario C700 (C714NR); BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64; Works great so far! One note is that step 2a, the file was not readily available from the compaq ftp site so I had to find it elsewhere.
brettpim	Success	25 Jan 2008	Dell Latitude X300; lspci == "Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)"; Chipset == 14e4:4324 (rev 02); Ubuntu 7.10; uname -mr = "2.6.22-14-generic i686"; Used step 2b; using non-compiled ndiswrapper gave me some functionality, but I had to start all networking from command line; compiling ndiswrapper gave me full gui functionality! Thanks!
RarSa	Success	26 Jan 2008	HP Pavillion dv6105us; lspci == "Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)"; Chipset == 14e4:4311 (rev 01); Ubuntu 7.10; uname -mr = "2.6.22-14-generic i686"; Used step 2b; using latest ndiswrapper-common. WEP with static IP
giocip	Success	1 Feb 2008	Dell Latitude D620; lspci == "Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)"; Chipset == 0c:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01); Ubuntu 7.10; uname -mr = "2.6.22-14-generic i686"; Used step 2b; Didn't have to compile NDISWrapper, process worked well, I'm adding this comment using my newly established wireless connection.
cressie176	Success	24 Feb 2008	Dell Inspiron 1525; lspci == "Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)"; 14e4:4315; Ubuntu 7.10; uname -mr == "2.6.22-14-generic i686"; Unfortunately I couldn't get things running following just this post alone, however working from similar instructions at http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Tech/Wireless/Truemobile_ndiswrapper, using the driver from ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R174291.exe, WPA configuration as per http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834 and the reboot fix from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3679330. Now I'm cooking with gas. FTR I tried the restricted driver manager and wicd without success. ~-(Editor's Update: I've incorporated this driver into this howto as step 2e. At least two users have used this guide and 2e successfully, so it appears that the other steps that cressie176 outlines are not necessary.)-~
KutsaraTinidor	Success	12 March 2008	HP Pavillion DV2740SE-04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)-04:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)-Ubuntu 7.10-2.6.22-14-generic i686-No extra boot options-Compiled ndiswrapper 1.52-Followed Step 2e without extra instructions
Kyuss	Success	16 March 2008	Lenovo (IBM) 3000 C200 with Broadcom BCM94311MCG PCIE (rev 01) Step 2a. Working great
Danr	Success	16 March 2008	Acer Aspire 7003 with BCM4318 (rev 02). Step 2a NOT step 2c works great for me
JamieJackson	SPECIAL NOTE	16 Mar 2008	!!! Thanks for the feedback folks, but the dInboxetails are getting a bit sparse. Please look at the top of these testimonial, and provide all of the information specified in the bulleted list. The details provide the clues needed for the detective work that keeps this tutorial current and concise. Thanks! !!!
Applegeek	Success	23 March 2008	HP Pavillion DV2740SE-04:00.0 Network controller: BrInboxoadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)-04:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01)-Ubuntu 7.10-2.6.22-14-generic i686-No extra boot options-Compiled ndiswrapper 1.52- Then Followed Step 2e. Interesting that the chip is a bcm4312, but it identifies as a bcm4310. Hardy Alpha 6 fails to see the chip at all with b43 drivers
Danuel	Success	30 March 2008	grep Broadcom ? 04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01); lspci -n \| grep 14e4:43 ? 04:00.0 0280: 14e4:4315 (rev 01); lsb_release -d ? Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch); uname -mr ? 2.6.24-12-generic x86_64. Speed test on LAN 2.6 MB/sec (~20Mbits/sec, not bad!). If anyone else has this laptop, please help contribute to http://nohair.com/code/computers:ubuntu:hp_pavilion_dv2718us , the community docs wiki server was prohibitively slow when I was testing the laptop. Once we are done with the page, we can move it to the community docs InboxUbuntuWiki:LaptopTestingTeam/HPdv2718us. Thanks for a job done well JamieJackson. I wish all the pages were so concise without Fluff
Alienmike	Success	12 April 2008	Gateway MX6421 with Broadcom BCM4318; using Ubuntu 7.04 - the Feisty Fawn i needed to Compile ndiswrapper from Source and 2c didnt work for me, 2a works Great
Antonello	Partial Success	19 April 2008	On Ubuntu 8.04 beta there is a bug that forbids ndiswrapper to works with BCM4311. Unloading the ssb module and then loading it back AFTER ndiswrapper solves the problem (see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218763).

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Instructions

This is not a script. You'll enter one line at a time*, and will individually respond to sudo password prompts, etc. ~-*You can also copy and paste one line at a time: To copy from the browser, use `ctrl-c`, but to paste into the terminal (at least Gnome's), use `ctrl-shift-v`.-~ Also, watch out for line wrapping! as this wiki unfortunately allows wrapping in code blocks. For that reason, I'd advise against using a narrow browser window. (Note if anyone knows how to prevent line wrapping on this wiki, feel free to fix it, or tell me how in the forum thread.) Notice that Step 1 is for all BCM43xx, the Step 2 option will depend on your card, and Step 3 is for all BCM43xx again.

Step 1: All BCM43xx - Install NDISWrapper and Blacklist Native Driver

echo 'blacklist bcm43xx' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
mkdir ~/bcm43xx; cd ~/bcm43xx

Step 2: Download and Extract Drivers

Pick ONLY ONE version of Step 2, depending on your card model or machine. In order to identify your device's chipset, run `lspci -n | grep '14e4:43'`

2008年4月23日 (三) 12:05 (CST)Model2008年4月23日 (三) 12:05 (CST)	Chipset PCI ID	Step 2 Version	Notes
BCM4306		Step 2b
BCM4306 (rev 02)	14e4:4320 (rev 02)	Step 2f	In Feisty, lspci shows: "Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)" (This is also reported to be the chipset of the Linksys WPC54G version 2.)
BCM4310 (rev 01)	14e4:4315	Step 2e	In Gutsy, lspci shows "Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)".
BCM4310 (rev 02)	14e4:4312	Step 2a	I'm not sure which step to use for other revisions of BCM4310, but this is as good a guess as any. I'll update this if I get feedback.
BCM4311 (Rev 01)	14e4:4311 (rev 01)	Step 2b	In Gutsy, lspci shows this card as "Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)". Feisty shows the card as "Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)". NOTE: A couple of users claim that step 2b didn't work but step 2a did. I'm investigating this. In the meantime, if 2b doesn't work for you, you can try 2a by doing this.
BCM4311 (Rev 02)	14e4:4311 (rev 02)	Step 2a	In Gutsy, lspci shows: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02)
BCM4312 (rev 01)	14e4:4312 (rev 01)	Step 2b	In Gutsy, lspci shows: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01)
BCM4312 (rev 02)	14e4:4312 (rev 02)	Step 2a	In Gutsy, lspci shows: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
BCM4318 (rev 01?)	?	Step 2c (?)	Is there a rev 01? In that case, my guess is step 2c.
BCM4318 (rev 02)	14e4:4318 (rev 02)	Step 2c	In Gutsy, lspci shows "Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)" NOTE: In Poobslag's testimonial he(?) claims that step 2c didn't work but step 2a did. I'm investigating this. In the meantime, if 2c doesn't work for you, you can try 2a by doing this.
BCM4328 (rev 01)	14e4:4328 (rev 01)	Step 2d	In Gutsy, lspci shows "Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)"
BCM4328 (rev 03)	14e4:4328 (rev 03)	Step 2d	In Gutsy, lspci shows "Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)"
Other BCM43xx			It looks like 2a might be good for Rev 02 devices, so I'd try that step for other Rev 02 devices. Otherwise, you could try one of the others. Please give feedback if you try and succeed or fail with other devices.

Step 2a: sp34152 Driver Download/Extraction

(Note: If you get "Couldn't find package cabextract" after line one, then enable the "universe" repository. Then, re-run line one.) (Also note: These download sites are flaky. Try `wget ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp34001-34500/sp34152.exe` if the listed wget doesn't work.)

sudo apt-get install cabextract
wget ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp34001-34500/sp34152.exe
cabextract sp34152.exe

Step 2b: sp33008 Driver Download/Extraction

(Note: If you get "Couldn't find package cabextract" after line one, then enable the "universe" repository. Then, re-run line one.) (Also note: These download sites are flaky. Try `wget ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe` if the listed wget doesn't work.)

sudo apt-get install cabextract
wget ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe
cabextract sp33008.exe

Step 2c: Driverv3100640 Driver Download/Extraction

wget http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-100g-03/Driverv3100640.zip
unzip Driverv3100640.zip; cp Driver/WinXP/* ./

Step 2d: R151517 Driver Download/Extraction

Note: I've repackaged the files from the package specified in mooky's testimonial. (This cuts the download from 52MB to less than 1MB.)

wget http://myspamb8.googlepages.com/R151517-pruned.zip
unzip R151517-pruned.zip

Step 2e: R174291 Driver Download/Extraction

Note: I've repackaged the files from the package specified in cressie176's testimonial. (This cuts the download from near 100MB to less than 1MB.)

wget http://myspamb8.googlepages.com/R174291-pruned.zip
unzip R174291-pruned.zip

Step 2f: WPC54Gv2 Driver Download/Extraction

Note: I've repackaged the files from the Linksys site (WPC54G version 2). Also, I've renamed the original `lsbcmnds.inf` file to the usual `bcmwl5.inf` to maintain consistency with the other step 2 versions.

wget http://myspamb8.googlepages.com/WPC54Gv2_40826-pruned.zip
unzip WPC54Gv2_40826-pruned.zip

Step 3: All BCM43xx - Configure NDISWrapper (and WPA Supplicant)

sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.orig
echo -e 'auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n' | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces
sudo ndiswrapper -m
echo 'ndiswrapper' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo 'ENABLED=0' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/wpasupplicant

Now, REBOOT. After rebooting, you should be able to click the network manager icon. (In Gnome, it looks like two black monitors overlapping each other on the top panel.) Hopefully, you'll see the available wireless access points under "Wireless Networks" and your machine ought to try to connect to one of them if you remove your network cable (or if you select one of them with a mouse click). If you have wireless now, you're all set, and you don't need to proceed any further. However, if you'd like, you can skip way down to the bottom of this page, and go to "Cleanup," to delete the (now useless) installation directory that was left behind from the steps above.

No Luck Yet? Compile ndiswrapper from Source

You only need to do this if the Ubuntu ndiswrapper package doesn't work on your machine. For instance, Compaq F572US users report that after the above, NetworkManager doesn't show wireless networking, but report success after compiling and installing ndiswrapper from source.

Remove Stock ndiswrapper

sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -r bcmwl5
sudo apt-get remove ndiswrapper-utils 
sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/ 
sudo rm -r /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

Now, REBOOT.

Compile and Install New ndiswrapper

~-Nov 29, 2007: Instructions now point to newly-released ndiswrapper version 1.50-~
~-Dec 09, 2007: Instructions now point to newly-released ndiswrapper version 1.51-~
~-Mar 07, 2008: Instructions now point to newly-released ndiswrapper version 1.52-~

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-`uname -r` /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
mkdir -p ~/bcm43xx/ndiswrapper; cd ~/bcm43xx/ndiswrapper
sudo wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.52.tar.gz -Ondiswrapper.tar.gz
tar xvzf ndiswrapper.tar.gz
cd ndiswrapper*
make distclean
make
sudo make install

Redo Some Steps That Were Undone by ndiswrapper Compilation/Installation

cd ~/bcm43xx
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo ndiswrapper -m