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Ubuntu- Broadcom Wireless Problem~ Help...

by jamorama Aug 4, 2008 2:52PM PDT

Ok, I am a complete beginner when it comes to other OS. My Wireless adapter is Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN, and I cannot get it to work on Ubuntu, which I installed with wubi. If anyone can please give me a complete how-to, it would be nice...

I've read other posts, but could not understand stuff such as ndiswrapper/ terminal, etc...

Please Help! Thanks A Lot!

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Is is a supported device?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 4, 2008 10:12PM PDT

Not all broadcom units are. You'll have to know more than "Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN" since there must be dozens of models that would fit that description.

What worked for me when I can't have native support is NDISWRAPPER. I will not write how to use the in this small space. But there is plenty of pages on that on the net.
Bob

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