Comments on: Linksys WMP54GS with Broadcom BCM4306 chipset under Linux 2.6 kernel http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/ Everything that comes out of Dossy, from the strange to the banal. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-124 Dossy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:30:54 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-124 Matt: thanks for the update, and no, I haven't tried this on a Mac. Even though it's an Intel Mac, I'd bet you're right--the Windows drivers probably won't work 100% on the Apple hardware. If you solve the problem, do stop by and let us all know how. Matt: thanks for the update, and no, I haven’t tried this on a Mac. Even though it’s an Intel Mac, I’d bet you’re right–the Windows drivers probably won’t work 100% on the Apple hardware. If you solve the problem, do stop by and let us all know how.

]]> By: Matt G http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-123 Matt G Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:37:07 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-123 Hey Dossy, Like to say thanks this helped me get me up and running under ubuntu fiesty fawn. If you could, do you think you can add in this howto that if you have the following card: 00:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) which is also a wmpg54s then you need to get the following windows driver: WMP54GSa.inf and bcmwl5a.sys from the C:/Program Files/Linksys Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with SpeedBooster/ after installing the driver on your windows box (you have to finish the install process before you have access to these files as the setup.exe is a install shield and its very hard to get at the data as they are stored in binary form on disc) and thanks once again I love how fast this thing is under linux. Oh yea btw did you ever get a broadcom wireless card working on a mac-book or a mac computer? Im curious because I tried and after ndiswrapping I ended up getting computer freezing randomly after ~5min, but the NIC driver worked for those 5 minutes. This is probably due to trying to load a windows driver onto a mac thru linux ndiswrapper, the hardware must not be 100% compatabible. take care, matt gara Hey Dossy,

Like to say thanks this helped me get me up and running under ubuntu fiesty fawn.

If you could, do you think you can add in this howto that if you have the following card:

00:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)

which is also a wmpg54s then you need to get the following windows driver:

WMP54GSa.inf and bcmwl5a.sys from the C:/Program Files/Linksys Wireless-G PCI Network Adapter with SpeedBooster/

after installing the driver on your windows box (you have to finish the install process before you have access to these files as the setup.exe is a install shield and its very hard to get at the data as they are stored in binary form on disc)

and thanks once again I love how fast this thing is under linux.

Oh yea btw did you ever get a broadcom wireless card working on a mac-book or a mac computer? Im curious because I tried and after ndiswrapping I ended up getting computer freezing randomly after ~5min, but the NIC driver worked for those 5 minutes. This is probably due to trying to load a windows driver onto a mac thru linux ndiswrapper, the hardware must not be 100% compatabible.

take care,
matt gara

]]> By: jimbob http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-122 jimbob Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:48:39 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-122 Edgy Eft 6.10 Linksys WMP54GS with out internet connection 1.Clean Installation of Edgy Eft 6.10 2.Download and burn Alternate Edgy Eft 6.10 x86.iso 3.Insert Alternate CD, Launch Synaptic, add CDROM 4.Install ndiswrapper via Synaptec Package Manager 5. $ lspci: 01:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03) 6. Install the WMP54GS drivers. I grabbed mine from the CD that came with the NIC. $ sudo ndiswrapper -i WMP54GS.inf wmp54gs driver installed, hardware present $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper 7. Install networkmanager from Synaptic 8. Blacklist bcm43xx driver Open a Terminal window Type "sudo pico etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" At the bottom add the lines # get rid of the default kernel drivers blacklist bcm43xx Reboot. That worked for me. Thanks again Dossy. Edgy Eft 6.10 Linksys WMP54GS with out internet connection

1.Clean Installation of Edgy Eft 6.10
2.Download and burn Alternate Edgy Eft 6.10 x86.iso
3.Insert Alternate CD, Launch Synaptic, add CDROM
4.Install ndiswrapper via Synaptec Package Manager
5. $ lspci:
01:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

6. Install the WMP54GS drivers. I grabbed mine from the CD that came with the NIC.

$ sudo ndiswrapper -i WMP54GS.inf
wmp54gs driver installed, hardware present

$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

7. Install networkmanager from Synaptic
8. Blacklist bcm43xx driver
Open a Terminal window
Type “sudo pico etc/modprobe.d/blacklist”
At the bottom add the lines
# get rid of the default kernel drivers
blacklist bcm43xx

Reboot.
That worked for me.
Thanks again Dossy.

]]> By: honzikf http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-121 honzikf Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:36:51 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-121 Hello Dossy, I downloaded the 64-bit driver from Acer's european support FTP server: ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip Regards, Jan Hello Dossy,
I downloaded the 64-bit driver from Acer’s european support FTP server: ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/ferrari_4000/driver/winxp64bit/80211g.zip
Regards,
Jan

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-120 Dossy Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:07:38 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-120 honzikf: Thanks for the update! Can you share the download link to the 64-bit driver that you confirmed works? honzikf: Thanks for the update! Can you share the download link to the 64-bit driver that you confirmed works?

]]> By: honzikf http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-119 honzikf Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:56:54 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-119 Hello Dossy, thanks for this FAQ! I've new info for Nathan (comment 12): I've got my BCM4318 working under FC5 x86_64. First I updated the kernel and other packages using yum. I've spent several evenings playing with native bcm43xx driver, but for my card it didn't worked. Also on bcm43xx developer's site the 4318 chip support is still marked as unstable. So I blacklisted the bcm43xx driver, removed from /etc/modprobe.conf and installed ndiswrapper. For my notebook model Acer offers only 32-bit driver, so I had to get 64-bit one for another model (Acer Ferrari 4000) and succeeded. I'm using it along with wpa_supplicant (using WPA2-AES) and dhclient. Regards, Jan Hello Dossy,
thanks for this FAQ! I’ve new info for Nathan (comment 12): I’ve got my BCM4318 working under FC5 x86_64.
First I updated the kernel and other packages using yum. I’ve spent several evenings playing with native bcm43xx driver, but for my card it didn’t worked. Also on bcm43xx developer’s site the 4318 chip support is still marked as unstable.
So I blacklisted the bcm43xx driver, removed from /etc/modprobe.conf and installed ndiswrapper. For my notebook model Acer offers only 32-bit driver, so I had to get 64-bit one for another model (Acer Ferrari 4000) and succeeded.
I’m using it along with wpa_supplicant (using WPA2-AES) and dhclient.
Regards,
Jan

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-118 Dossy Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:02:41 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-118 Sajid: What wireless are you trying to connect to on the other end? A wireless AP? Or, another wireless PC in Ad-Hoc mode? Sajid: What wireless are you trying to connect to on the other end? A wireless AP? Or, another wireless PC in Ad-Hoc mode?

]]> By: Sajid http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-117 Sajid Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:49:33 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-117 hi ! This article is very good i have installed my wireless network drives but its not full configured yet.I m using suse 10.1. So need help. i followd your manuals n it worked like this ndiswrapper -i BCMWL5.inf bcmw15 driver installed ndiswrapper -l bcmw15 driver installed then i used yast n configured my wireless connection with option User Controlled with NetworkManager , Device name: wlan0, Device Type Wireless n used static ip 192.168.2.23 n last ESSID 'Orbit'. But my wireless connection didnt start . dont know wat to do should i start something or do some other settings. Help me in that. Thanks. hi !
This article is very good i have installed my wireless network drives but its not full configured yet.I m using suse 10.1. So need help. i followd your manuals n it worked like this
ndiswrapper -i BCMWL5.inf
bcmw15 driver installed

ndiswrapper -l
bcmw15 driver installed

then i used yast n configured my wireless connection with option User Controlled with NetworkManager , Device name: wlan0, Device Type Wireless n used static ip 192.168.2.23 n last ESSID ‘Orbit’.
But my wireless connection didnt start . dont know wat to do should i start something or do some other settings.
Help me in that.
Thanks.

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-116 Dossy Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:18:23 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-116 anitsirK: I believe newer Linux kernels which have the native driver module "bcm43xx" are supposed to work, now, eliminating the need for the ndiswrapper solution. If and when I get a chance, I'll upgrade kernels and document the process on how to properly configure the bcm43xx driver, if it does indeed work. anitsirK: I believe newer Linux kernels which have the native driver module “bcm43xx” are supposed to work, now, eliminating the need for the ndiswrapper solution.

If and when I get a chance, I’ll upgrade kernels and document the process on how to properly configure the bcm43xx driver, if it does indeed work.

]]> By: anitsirK http://dossy.org/2005/03/linksys-wmp54gs-with-broadcom-bcm4306-chipset-under-linux-26-kernel/#comment-115 anitsirK Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:01:37 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000110.html#comment-115 In regards to comment 15, I was getting the same error (bcm43xx: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode5.fw" not available or load failed.) in Dapper Drake. I found instructions that suggested blacklisting the bcm43xx driver (by adding the line "blacklist bcm43xx" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist). Upon rebooting, it works. The trick is to make Dapper not use the drivers built into the kernel, and instead use the ndiswrapper version. In regards to comment 15, I was getting the same error (bcm43xx: Error: Microcode “bcm43xx_microcode5.fw” not available or load failed.) in Dapper Drake. I found instructions that suggested blacklisting the bcm43xx driver (by adding the line “blacklist bcm43xx” to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist). Upon rebooting, it works. The trick is to make Dapper not use the drivers built into the kernel, and instead use the ndiswrapper version.

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