Wireless Setup Problem - wireless_setup.txt Provided

[danhanly]

Hi Guys,
I've been foruming around trying to find a solution and I believe (through reading other threads) that somebody can help me setup my wireless network if I provide the wireless_setup.txt file that you need to see my hardware. Well, here it is

Thanks for any help or advice you may be able to offer,
Dan

[daark.child]

You need to follow the instructions at the end of the file. Once you have downloaded the firmware, put the file in /lib/firmware.

[danhanly]

Wow, I didn't even read the file, ah well. I'll get right on it and re-post any problems I may have. Thanks daark.child

[danhanly]

Okay -
I went to the wireless drivers website and downloaded the correct file, however, I think I'm doing something wrong in terminal (I'm unfamiliar with it at this point - I'm a new Linux convert). I get this error:

user:~$ export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
user:~$ tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
user:~$ cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
user:~/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod$ sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-012/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta.o
[sudo] password for user: 
sudo: ../../b43-fwcutter-012/b43-fwcutter: command not found

[D-cat]

I would take a slightly different approach, not knowing if the "FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" variable has been set (this looks like it was pasted out of a shell script) and assuming that the fwcutter is in the path statement somewhere:

sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o

[danhanly]

Thanks alot for your help guys, I really appreciate it! I got it working now

My Method -

1. linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
2. Found this URL for the firmware - bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2
3. Found this URL for the driver - mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

4.
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-012.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-012
make
cd ..

5.
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-012/b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

6. Reboot

Done!

Thanks again you guys, couldn't do it without ya
Dan

[waterhead]

I wish that I had seen this thread earlier, I could have saved you some trouble. In Ubuntu, you can install the firmware using apt. As detailed at this site, you only need to do this:

3. in latest versions of Ubuntu (all flavors) and Debian just need to install the b43-fwcutter package:

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
when you are asked "Fetch and install firmware?" answer "Yes" (just press "Enter)

Since you now have the needed firmware, you should save a copy of it on a USB drive or a CD. You can then install it on any other future version of Linux that you may install. This way you won't need an internet connection first, to get the wireless to work.

[danhanly]

Yeah I tried that, but I was getting errors. Which is why I had to go "the long-way around" lol. I'll keep this in my data for the next time Thanks again