Wireless help

[rayban]

Hello all i am new, thanks for the time.

I have executed the lspci -knn command and this is the result for my card:

02.02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
kernel modules: ssb

So i am not sure if this driver was automatically assigned to my card via Ubuntu or not. The site HArdware for linux makes me feel as though this card is not supported. But i am still confused.

Any help would be great i am very new and am not sure if Ubuntu gathered all my drivers itself, which is weird coming from windows where you have to download drivers or have an install disk. thanks - rayban

[dxqcanada]

Yes, the BCM43xx controller is supported.

This site may help.

[rayban]

So linux has already attached the driver to my hardware? So this hardware should be functioning? I do not know as i am not near any WAN and cannot connect to this offices LAN.

As i said before i have just switched from windows so this perplexes me. I would have to find the drivers for windows but linux (ubuntu) has the readily available? And what is a good way to search for wireless connections in the area? is there a good tool?

Thanks - rayban

[reed9]

The driver is included, but this card requires some extra firmware to work. It is not included in most distros because it is non-free.

If you can get a wired connection briefly, it is very easy to install. Open a terminal and do

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

It will ask if you want to download and install the firmware, choose yes.