hi im a complete noob to linux and i have been trying to install my wireless network card i have determined that i need to install new firmware for the card and the firmware i need is b43 legacy what i am confused about is i have been lookin on the net for a download but evrypost i goto talks as if the firmware is alrdy on linux and i need to find it and install it is this the case or is there an actual download for this firmware?
hope the post made sense 
welcome to the opensuse forums;
if you go here;
and read post #6; (the numbers are to the right …)
you wil find the words of the very wise; nay, venerable deltaflyer;
he said:
if you have a broadcom chip-set, & a wired connection, this command, in a console, may help
Code:
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
To install the BCM43xx firmware **if you do not have a connection **in Linux, do the following:
Using any method that you have to access the Internet, download this
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/b...0.10.5.tar.bz2
Then copy it into your home directory. Once you have it there, you should enter the following:
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware \ broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
These three commands will skip the download step and extract the firmware in the same way that the /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware does.
Note: If the output of ‘lspci -v’ indicates that you have a BCM4310, BCM4328 or BCM4329, this procedure will not work. For those cases, you will need the Windows driver and ndiswrapper.
For those devices that support 802.11a/b/g, 802.11a operation is not yet supported.
compliments of LarryFinger
see if that helps; get back to the forum as you need more help;
the start of the wireless forum has three stickies; they give lots of wisdom about wireless if you want to learn heaps more
thanks for the help but it has not worked :’( would it be easir if i got another card?
Open a console (terminal window) and type this command:
/sbin/lspci -v
Post the output here. Then someone may be able to suggest next step(s).
No, it would be better if you would provide more information by reading the threads marked as “Sticky” in this subforum.
P.S.
Instead of “-v” I would use “-nn” as parameters for lspci to at least get the ID (which -v does not print).
Hi this is the info i got with /sbin/lspci -nn
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port [1002:5a34]
00:12.0 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller [1002:4379]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC’97 Audio Controller [1002:4370] (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS [10de:06e4] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
02:01.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems V.92 56K WinModem [11c1:048c] (rev 03)
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
02:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller [1106:3044] (rev 80
hope you can help me out thanks
I did try to solve this by myself i did look at stickies and websites for over 5hrs b4 comming to the forum lol!
There is a lot more information needed than only this one command.
If you have read the stickies, you certainly also know how to provide them, the easiest way would be the diagnostic script I always recommend.
hey went back and read stickies hope i got the right info this time plz bare with me i am really new to linux
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Belkin Belkin F5D7001 High-Speed Mode Wireless G Network Card
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at fdefa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03)
b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘pid’
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
thanks :D[/size]
hi i have tried to follow that stickie alrdy but i have theproblem at part 4/5 i think i need new firmware and the firmware i need is b43 legacy and pdc_2 was gratefully able to point me the right direction of a post which had the link to download the firmware but the commands i use (tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware \ broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o)
to try and install it didnt work
Thanks for repeatedly ignoring my suggestions completely, I’m out.
Good luck.
im sorry i must have misunderstud your suggestion i did try the things u have said
thanks anyway
Axel was trying to get you to go here
Benutzeranleitung/Usersguide von/of collectNWData | collectNWData.sh
download the script
run it (as root)
**
and post the entire results back to the forum**
so the very few wireless experts can comment; you really want to keep on side with the wireless experts;
try printing out; and reading carefully; each guidance they give you; there is often a lot of detail in only a few words
Hey my friend be happy it is just a computer.lol!