[SOLVED] Broadcom bcm4312 (rev 02) and Hardy Heron : a lost cause?

[slayer^_^]

this wireless device : Broadcom bcm4312 (rev 02) doesn't work in hardy with b43-cutter (although never did, neither in guts with bcm43xx-gutsy); however, in gutsy i used to get it working very well with ndiswrapper, now i must edit the file /etc/rc.local to unload ssb, b43 and b44 and force them to load AFTER ndiswrapper, and it still doesn't work !!

I don't know what else to try, maybe the only way out is patching the kernel with the patch found at www.linuxwireless.org ??

i am very disappointed, please let me know something about it.

[kullu]

This guide worked in my case.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...eisty_No-Fluff
Look for the fix in case of Hardy and follow it. For driver download follow 2a. My wireless card is also same i.e. bcm4312 (rev02).

I had to compile the ndiswrapper from source(as given in above link).
Finally it worked but when I rebooted it was not detecting any network.
Thing was that it wasn't loading ndiswrapper properly. The workaround in my case was to remove 'ndiswrapper' from /etc/modules.
After restarting it worked.
I hope it works for you also.

[Ephidel]

I have the same as you (BCM4312) so just in case the above quide doesn't work, this one did for me flawlessly:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...hlight=BCM4312

Good luck =D

[andrew.46]

Hi,

There seems to be a lot of confusion on this issue. I have a BCM4312 (rev 01) which performs perfectly under Hardy Heron.

There was no need for ndiswrapper, simply the firmware from linuxwireless.com, and on reboot the card has worked perfectly ever since. I honestly don't know if there is any difference between (rev 01) and (rev 02) but I suspect that there would not be.

Andrew

[slayer^_^]

there's a big difference between (rev 01) and (rev 02). Kernel 2.6.24 doesn't support the (rev 02).

Thanx for your answers.

[Ayuthia]

this wireless device : Broadcom bcm4312 (rev 02) doesn't work in hardy with b43-cutter (although never did, neither in guts with bcm43xx-gutsy); however, in gutsy i used to get it working very well with ndiswrapper, now i must edit the file /etc/rc.local to unload ssb, b43 and b44 and force them to load AFTER ndiswrapper, and it still doesn't work !!

I don't know what else to try, maybe the only way out is patching the kernel with the patch found at www.linuxwireless.org ??

i am very disappointed, please let me know something about it.

Another option which is similar is to compile the 2.6.25 kernel.

[mattbytes]

Another thread I need to follow. Thanks for the info all!

[ronaldv2li]

Worked for me. I was ready to give up hardy... almost

[Kopiermeister]

Hello to all, just joined the community. First, i want to say sorry for my english, that's not the best...

Well, i got my wireless bcm4312 rev02 to work. But not very well. The wireless works, when my notebook is running with the electrical power supply. But when i cut it off, my wireless breaks. There are no wireless networks found, and the device isn't working anymore.

So, i downloaded the patch, but i don't know how to install it.

Any help please?

Thanks in advance!

[slayer^_^]

try here: follow the gutsy or the hardy method. the choice is yours

have a nice day