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Broadcom wireless driver for Ubuntu 11.04, HP dv6000 Laptop

Asked by Rex Guinn

I installed 11.04 and everything is working great, except wireless driver not on CD for Broadcom in HP dv6000 laptop. Can you tell me where to get this driver?

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Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#1

With a wired connection, install the b43-fwcutter package, and accept the offer to download the Broadcom firmware. I think the default b43 driver will work then.
  If you cannot get to a wired connection, you can try the firmware in the firmware-b43-installer or the firmware-b43-lpphy-installer. Which one depends upon your wireless chip. Find out with terminal commands:
sudo lshw -C network
lspci
The Broadcom chip will be shown, if it has "LP" (Low Power) in the name, use the lpphy package above.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list

Thanks

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Rex Guinn (ragwing) said : 		#3

Thanks for the help It was not the b43-fwcutter package, but I used the b43 installer package and it work just fine.

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Mandar Hawaldar (mandar-h) said : 		#4

Thanks.

I was able to enable my wireless on Compaq laptop.

06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller

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