No driver for my network card

mighty hot · 02-09-2010, 03:50 PM

My netwok card is not identified in my notebook after installing Ubuntu 9.10. I typed a command in my terminal based on suggestions from other forums to identify my wireless card. It identified my wireless card as: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev03)
Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (Mac Phyter)
The driver is not installed and I cannot find an option to install it. How do I solve this problem? Help please......

bluesword1969 · 02-09-2010, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mighty hot

My netwok card is not identified in my notebook after installing Ubuntu 9.10. I typed a command in my terminal based on suggestions from other forums to identify my wireless card. It identified my wireless card as: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev03)
Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (Mac Phyter)
The driver is not installed and I cannot find an option to install it. How do I solve this problem? Help please......

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reed9 · 02-09-2010, 08:51 PM

This card needs extra non-free firmware. If you have a wired connection, open a terminal and do

Code:

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

It will offer to download the firmware, say yes.

mighty hot · 02-10-2010, 01:55 PM

I tried the command in my terminal. It could not find the package b43-fwcutter.

mighty hot · 02-10-2010, 02:33 PM

I searched the internet for the package b43-fwcutter and found it, downloaded, and installed it. It works and I have now wireless connection in my notebook. I thank all of you guys who responded to my distress call.

bluesword1969 · 02-11-2010, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mighty hot

I searched the internet for the package b43-fwcutter and found it, downloaded, and installed it. It works and I have now wireless connection in my notebook. I thank all of you guys who responded to my distress call.

EDIT: Don't forget to change your post's title to '[SOLVED]', and tell everyone what you did so they can fix their stuff too!