Broadcom BCM43xx Wireless Cards - Revision history

Aroberts at 20:33, 9 May 2014

2014-05-09T20:33:31Z

2014-03-28T19:05:40Z

2013-07-09T19:58:58Z

Ubuntu 12.04

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2012-01-24T18:57:03Z

removed pre lucid

2011-07-09T04:44:57Z

Ubuntu 10.04

2010-10-20T22:54:34Z

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	Broadcom BCM43xx series wireless cards have opensource drivers for ubuntu but the firmware required isn't installed by default. For these cards to work they need a package installed and the firmware extracted.		Broadcom BCM43xx series wireless cards have opensource drivers for ubuntu but the firmware required isn't installed by default. For these cards to work they need a package installed and the firmware extracted.

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 Broadcom BCM43xx series wireless cards have opensource drivers for ubuntu but the firmware required isn't installed by default. For these cards to work they need a package installed and the firmware extracted.
 ==Ubuntu 12.04==
-Sometimes when Ubuntu is upgraded to 12.04, the broadcom drivers are blacklisted, resulting in no wireless or wired if either are broadcom. Follow the directions [http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-sta-wireless-card-bcm43xx here] to troubleshoot this issue.
+Sometimes when Ubuntu is upgraded to 12.04, the broadcom drivers are blacklisted, resulting in no wireless or wired if either are broadcom. Follow the directions [http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-sta-wireless-card-bcm43xx here] to troubleshoot this issue.  Note that at least Broadcom 4306 requires firmware-b43legacy-installer instead of the firmware-b43-installer.
 ==Ubuntu 10.04==
 Lucid has finally included both the open b43 and b43-legacy drivers, as well as Broadcom's proprietary driver in its repositories.  If you have a BCM43XX, it's now just a matter of going to '''System >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers''' and letting Ubuntu work its magic.  Make sure you're connected to the internet (and clicked through our wireless splash page) before attempting it!

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 ==Overview==
 Broadcom BCM43xx series wireless cards have opensource drivers for ubuntu but the firmware required isn't installed by default. For these cards to work they need a package installed and the firmware extracted.
 ==Ubuntu 10.04==
 Lucid has finally included both the open b43 and b43-legacy drivers, as well as Broadcom's proprietary driver in its repositories.  If you have a BCM43XX, it's now just a matter of going to '''System >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers''' and letting Ubuntu work its magic.  Make sure you're connected to the internet (and clicked through our wireless splash page) before attempting it!

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 Lucid has finally included both the open b43 and b43-legacy drivers, as well as Broadcom's proprietary driver in its repositories.  If you have a BCM43XX, it's now just a matter of going to '''System >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers''' and letting Ubuntu work its magic.  Make sure you're connected to the internet (and clicked through our wireless splash page) before attempting it!
-==Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron and Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx==
+==Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron and before==
- oem@freekbox:~$sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter
+These distributions are no longer supported.
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 In Hardy all you need to do is install the fwcutter package and it will extract and install the firmware for you.
   sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
 ==Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake==
 Open a terminal.