Originally Posted by
markmaus
I was also excited when I first loaded Core 5 and it appeared that my Broadcom 4306 wifi was configured. But without the firmware loaded, bcm43xx module only gets in the way. Also, you will only get B speeds with bcm43xx. While ndiswrapper runs my card at G speeds. I've got my laptop dual booting Ubuntu-Dapper and Core 5. I've got to admit, Ubuntu is pretty slick. They have this application called Automatix, and it configures all of the mp3, dvd libraries, java, flash, you name it. It even installed Google Earth! Good luck.
Thanks, I just spotted my dmesg output lists loads of stuff about bcm43xx see below. Its useful to see your comments as I guess your saying go straight to ndiswrapper. Do you know if I'll have to Delete the configuration for eth1 from Network Configurations? How will things appear when ndiswrapper's working - will I be able to manage things through the standard tools?
I'll be giving it a go now to see?
Code:
bcm43xx driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2
bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, disabled
bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243, enabled
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7
bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8)
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: Radio turned off
bcm43xx: set security called
bcm43xx: .active_key = 0
bcm43xx: .level = 1
bcm43xx: .enabled = 1
bcm43xx: .encrypt = 1
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.