On Tuesday, February 08, 2011 10:41:41 AM Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 07 February 2011 21:14:52 José Matos wrote: > > On Monday 07 February 2011 19:48:49 Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Thanks to lshw I now have it identified as > > > > > > Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) > > > > > > I gather that I need some firmware download but so far haven't managed > > > to find it. Could someone please help? > > > > > > Anne > > > > I remember something like what follows for one such card: > > http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/bcm43xx-yum-extras > > Thanks. That's too old, but it got me on the right lines, giving me some > clues of things to search for. I started with "yum search broadcom", then > installed b43* (some of which were already installed), broadcom-wl and > kmod- wl. Now the tools see my wireless network which is definitely a > step in the right direction. but... > > I see the Secrets dialog - endlessly. I know the passphrase is correct, > but it disappears for a second or two then re-appears. What's the next > stage? > Following instructions on http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Fedora (except that there was a slightly later version available than mentioned on that page) I did the extraction, then tried to install the firmware. cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3/driver [root@AA1r]# b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta_mimo.o Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter. This file has an unknown MD5sum b84bc801b9b8f39069c252f533655af8. Anne -- New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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