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Stanton.Sculpture
Asked: 2012-06-15 10:01:08 +0800 CST

No firmware found for Broadcom wireless card (BCM4318) on Dell Latitude D610

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Trying to get my 03:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) working. I just reformated and installed 12.04 on this old Windows XP machine, and I don't know where to get the firmware for this.

This is what I got when I typed sudo lshw -c network: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/1041161/

Also, when I go to additional drivers in the system settings, no proprietary drivers show up.

Any help I can get on this would be Great, Thanks!

12.04

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  1. Best Answer

    You need to install the b43 driver/firmware. You can install it from the terminal with

    sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

    And then reboot. Give it about 30 seconds or so to scan for wireless networks.

    Also double-check your hardware shortcut key for wireless (usually Fn+F2 on D-series Latitude) is enabled!

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