When I first installed Ubuntu I got a message saying that as my B43 WLAN was proprietary I would have to install the firmware myself.
So I did what I normally did and googled my way through a dozen pages with instructions on installing B43 wireless firmware that didn’t really help me. I tried a couple of step by step command line methods and none of them worked without errors.
I’d resolved to hit the IRC channels on the weekend and see if I could get some help there.
I was perusing the menus and clicked a few things and now I have wireless working.
In brief here’s what I did
- In the toolbar go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
- Enter your password(almost like Vista’s UAC but not often enough to complain)
- Click the search button and search for B43
- Select B43-fwcutter
- Accept everything that comes after that
- Restart Ubuntu
That’s it, I know have working wireless.
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