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gnome-nettool package

Fixing Wireless Problem

Asked by James Introcaso

I have downloaded and installed Ubuntu 10.02 on my Compaq Presario V5000. I have a Broadcom 802.11 b/g WIFI network adapter. I cannot get my wireless connection to work and my ethernet port does not work(not specific to Ubuntu). I am new to Ubuntu and Linux so this may be an easy fix, I don't know. Any help would be appreciated.

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#1

The problem is Ubuntu downloads the broadcom wifi driver from the Internet using the ethernet connection.

- Download this file from another computer

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-source_5.10.91.9.3-3_all.deb

- Copy it to the notebook in your personal folder.
- Open a terminal and type

sudo dpkg -i broadcom-sta-source_5.10.91.9.3-3_all.deb

- Give your password

If it complains some other packages are missing:

- download them too from here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/

- place them in the same folder in the notebook
- add them to the command

sudo dpkg -i broadcom-sta-source_5.10.91.9.3-3_all.deb someother.deb other.deb

The packages can be in main, universe, restricted or multiverse. Use the packate search to find them if you want:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

The packages are located in folders according to the first letters of their name.

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Federico Tello Gentile (federicotg) said : 		#2

The problem is Ubuntu downloads the broadcom wifi driver from the Internet using the ethernet connection.

- Download this file from another computer

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/b/broadcom-sta/broadcom-sta-source_5.10.91.9.3-3_all.deb

- Copy it to the notebook in your personal folder.
- Open a terminal and type

sudo dpkg -i broadcom-sta-source_5.10.91.9.3-3_all.deb

- Give your password

If it complains some other packages are missing:

- download them too from here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/

- place them in the same folder in the notebook
- add them to the command

sudo dpkg -i broadcom-sta-source_5.10.91.9.3-3_all.deb someother.deb other.deb

The packages can be in main, universe, restricted or multiverse. Use the packate search to find them if you want:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

The packages are located in folders according to the first letters of their name.

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