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Old 06-11-2009, 07:29 AM   #1
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wireless broadcom B43 Fedora


i just installed Fedora Core 11 and my wireless card doesn't work , any one know how to fix this problem , my card is broadcom

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Old 06-11-2009, 07:37 AM   #2
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Can you run lspci from terminal and paste the results here? This will tell us which version of Broadcom chip you have.
 
Old 06-11-2009, 08:32 AM   #3
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[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
 
Old 06-11-2009, 09:14 AM   #4
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The bm4311 and earlier chip sets did not have good native drivers. The easiest way for me was to install 'ndiswrapper'. You should be able to install through your repository and then use the windows driver. I found this thread that might help you. If you have more questions, post and I will try and help.

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Old 06-11-2009, 05:46 PM   #5
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and where i can find this windows driver and how to use it with this ndiswrapper ??
 
Old 06-11-2009, 08:11 PM   #6
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I did mine on Suse 11.0 but I understand they have fixed thr b43-fwcutter. Here is a page with the latest packages and you have to know which type Fedora 11 you are using. The 'how to' instructions is with the package. I would recommend trying this first. I will give you a link to the thread I used to install the broadcom on my set. The solution is post is almost at the bottom of the page.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...search-674226/
 
Old 06-13-2009, 01:34 AM   #7
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better way

i find a better way , i did that before but because i was using Suse for long time so this solution did not work with SUSE , it's only for Fedora 11, and 10 etc etc etc

step 1 :
change to root
# su -

step 2 :
install autoten
# rpm -Uvh http://dnmouse.org/autoten-4-1.fc11.noarch.rpm

step 3 :
import signing key
# rpm --import http://dnmouse.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-dnmouse

for more information go to http://dnmouse.org

PS : uninstall ndiswrapper if you already installed it
 
  


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