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After searching through online documentations and forums, below is the collected step by step guide to setup Broadcom wireless on Ubuntu Hardy.

Step 1 (run in terminal one by one)
echo ‘blacklist bcm43xx’ | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
mkdir ~/bcm43xx; cd ~/bcm43xx

Step 2 (run in terminal one by one)
sudo apt-get install cabextract
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp34001-34500/sp34152.exe
cabextract sp34152.exe

Step 3 (run in terminal one by one)
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.orig
echo -e ‘auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n’ | sudo tee /etc/network/interfaces
sudo ndiswrapper -m
echo ‘ndiswrapper’ | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo ‘ENABLED=0′ | sudo tee -a /etc/default/wpasupplicant

Step 4 (run in terminal one by one)
sudo aptitude remove b43-fwcutter


Step 5 (run in terminal one by one)
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/wirelessfix.sh

Step 6
Paste the followings in the opened file(wirelessfix.sh)and make sure you save it before continuing Step 7

#!/bin/bash
modprobe -r b44
modprobe -r b43
modprobe -r b43legacy
modprobe -r ssb
modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe b44

Step 7 (run in terminal)
cd /etc/init.d/ && sudo chmod 755 wirelessfix.sh

Step 8 (run in terminal)
sudo update-rc.d wirelessfix.sh defaults

Step 9 (run in terminal)
Restart your machine

Now your wireless should be working! :) hope it helps :)



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  1. m0dk1d on July 23, 2008 7:09 am

    thanks for this great great article. :)

  2. zeriano on July 24, 2008 5:46 am

    so many stpes to follow, but it works! great article, thanks for sharing!

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