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macbook pro 7,1 wifi problem

Asked by Paul Rivera

Hello,

I'm having problems trying to make my wireless internet card work on my macbook pro 7,1. I'm using ubuntu 10.04 (lucid lynx) patched for macbook pro 7,1 from [1] (see [2] as well). I know that the easiest way is to run ubuntu Hardware Drivers and choose a wireless driver as described in [3]. But I need to be connected to the internet while doing this. Is there any way I can do this offline? Where can I download the same drivers so I can install them manually?

I'd appreciate your help. Here are my hardware details:
    macbook pro 7,1
    broadcom bcm4322 (wireless card)

Links:
[1] - http://macbookpro7-1.daviey.com/
[2] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/576601
[3] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro7-1/Lucid#Wireless

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network

Thanks

Why buy an expensive macbook to then throw Linux on it, Mac hardware is VERY expensive and you can get a better bang-for-buck with a "normal" laptop.

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Paul Rivera (paul-mrivera) said : 		#2

Here's the output of lshw -C network:

  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
       resources: irq:22 memory:d3200000-d3203fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 58:b0:35:f0:29:36
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.102 firmware=5764m-v3.38 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:27 memory:d3100000-d310ffff

To answer your question, I've never tried mac before. The laptops I've had before didn't last longer than two years. I hope this one does.

So, how do I download the same drivers from ubuntu Hardware Drivers so I can install them offline? I'm dual-booting ubuntu and mac and I have a usb modem that works with mac. I don't have wired internet.

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Paul Rivera (paul-mrivera) said : 		#3

see output of lshw -C network in my comment below

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Yeah thought it was going to be one of those cheap broadcom things. Here is what you need:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

Makes it WAAAAY easier if you use a wired connection to get updates and the driver.

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Paul Rivera (paul-mrivera) said : 		#5

I've followed the instructions for the STA driver and my wifi card now works. Thanks!

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Paul Rivera (paul-mrivera) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.