Broadcom wireless adapter driver?

[porkchopexpress]

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 on my Acer Aspire 1313 notebook and so far i'm impressed the only issue is that my wireless network card doesn't work. The adapter is a BT Voyager 1060 which uses the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS driver i've read that it is possible to get this working on linux using a wrapper.

Is this going to be possible for a fairly novice Linux user or am i better off trying to pick up a Linux compatible card?

I've also noticed that the fan system runs full tilt alot of the time even though the processor isn't under load it doesn't do this when running XP, any ideas?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[tfg13]

PCE, I feel your pain on the wireless drivers. I recently loaded Ubuntu 7.04 on a Dell Latitude x300. I used the native drivers, ndiswrapper with the "Dell" driver, but couldn't get it to work. I ended up buying a Linksys PCMCIA card and it worked out of the box. Here are some of the links I used trying to get mine to work:

ndiswrapper -

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_openwiki/Itemid,33/

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear

http://i-eat-noobs.blogspot.com/2007/08/get-wireless-working-in-ubuntu-704.html

Hope this helps....

 

[porkchopexpress]

Hey tfg13

I'll take a look at the links cheers, i have tried the wrapper and i can see that the card is detected as it shows in the system log but it's clearly not connecting still. I've just loaded 6.06 as i couldn't get the system fan to stop running at full tilt under 7.04 so i'll have another go at the card failing that i might just buy a new one.

Cheers

Grant.

 

[pentode]

I've had some success with ndiswrapper on wireless cards, but it can be hit or miss. The instructions on the ndiswrapper web site are pretty good.

The biggest hurdle is sometimes the WEP/WPA configuration. If possible, try turning off security on the wireless router to see if it can connect. If it does, the problem is in the configuration of the security settings.

 

[porkchopexpress]

I'm almost there i discovered that Dapper comes with the open source bcm43xx driver that doesn't work with my card, i blacklisted it and the card sprang to life on the next reboot. Unfortunatly it doesn't seem to support WPA i can only seem to get 128 WEP working :-( i'll keep trying but i might be being a bit ambitious.

Cheers.

 

[pentode]

I'd check the normal Windows documentation for the card. If it doesn't support WPA in Windows, it won't support it in Linux either.

 

[porkchopexpress]

It supports WPA if i run XP so i know the card can do it but there only seems to be a WEP key box in the networking config when i'm running Dapper.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Ah i think Dapper needs an update to support WPA.

http://www.debianadmin.com/enable-wpa-wireless-access-point-in-ubuntu-linux.html

 

[porkchopexpress]

Yep adding the wpasupplicant and following that link sorted it.

Cheers.

 

[tfg13]

Great Job!!!!I might have to investigate this myself now...

 

[jet042]

I recently had to troubleshoot my dad's install of Dapper on a ThinkPad T30. I couldn't find any problems with the driver or the card, but it still wouldn't connect to his AP.

What fixed it for us was not changing the setup of the box but upgrading the firmware on the Linksys.

 

[jshurst]

Try this...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405990&highlight=broadcom

This is, by far, the easiest way that I can get my Broadcom card working. Just unzip the files and run the installer (tried this on Feisty and Gutsy). Hopefully it will work for you too.

J