Ubuntu 10.10 install wireless

Ubuntu 10.04 hereglej baigaad 10.10 aar upgrade hiigeed wirelessee taniulah gesen driveriig ni update hiigeed boldguie. Heseg oroldoj daraah zaavriig olj suulgaad bolloo.

Install b43-fwcutter

Use version 013 of b43-fwcutter.
Download, extract the b43-fwcutter tarball and build it:

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   1 wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-013.tar.bz2
   2 tar xjf b43-fwcutter-013.tar.bz2
   3 cd b43-fwcutter-013
   4 make
   5 cd ..

You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.24

If you are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.24, follow these instructions.

Install b43-fwcutter, then use version 4.80.53.0 of Broadcom's proprietary driver.
Download and extract the firmware from this driver tarball:

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   1 export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
   2 wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
   3 tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
   4 cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
   5 sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-013/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" 

wl_apsta.o

Note that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is /lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different place.

You are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 or newer

Follow these instructions if you are using the b43 driver from linux-2.6.25 and newer or compat-wireless-2.6, or from any current GIT tree.

Install b43-fwcutter, then use version 4.150.10.5 of Broadcom's proprietary driver.
Download and extract the firmware from this driver tarball:

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   1 export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
   2 wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
   3 tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
   4 cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver
   5 sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-013/b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" 

wl_apsta_mimo.o

Note that you must adjust the FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR path to your distribution. The standard place where firmware is installed to is /lib/firmware. However some distributions put firmware in a different place.