Difference between revisions of "Broadcom BCM43xx Wireless Cards"
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oem@freekbox:~$sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh | oem@freekbox:~$sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh | ||
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Revision as of 17:56, 26 February 2008
Open a terminal. code:
oem@freekbox:~$sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: bcm43xx-fwcutter 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 16.6kB of archives. After unpacking 102kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe bcm43xx-fwcutter 20060108-6build1 [16.6kB] Fetched 16.6kB in 0s (169kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package bcm43xx-fwcutter. (Reading database ... 154295 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking bcm43xx-fwcutter (from .../bcm43xx-fwcutter_20060108-6build1_i386.deb) ... Setting up bcm43xx-fwcutter (20060108-6build1) ...
oem@freekbox:~$
This will install a program that will fetch the required firmware for Broadcom 43xx cards. Now we have to run it.
code:
oem@freekbox:~$sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh
Reboot and test your wifi.