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Here's what worked for me to get my Dell / Broadcom card to work.
First install ndiswrapper and wireless tools packages.
Copy the windows drivers over to your local directory. I just copied it to /
then logged in as root do(type at the prompt) the following:
ndiswrapper -i thenameofyourdriver.inf
then at the prompt
modprobe ndiswrapper
then at the prompt
ifup wlan0
Now jump over to your system tools and select the graphical network configuration. Set up a new wirless adapter as wlan0. Just follow the step by step and save.
Final step
in the /etc directory edit the file named modules and add this:
ndiswrapper
Now the driver should load and setup automagically every boot.
I'm not sure what guide you're following but I've never since version 0.8 (when I started using it) have had to do that. The directions in the post above are fine and should get it installed.
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