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N00b needs help installing wireless driver but completly clueless.

Asked by pyr0

I have a Compaq Presario c571nr. I just downloaded and installed Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy. I am able to use ethernet to access internet but my wireless is not working. From what I have read so far on the internet, and after trying to configure my wireless, I have figured out that my internal wireless card is proprietary firmware meaning that it is not open source to Linux. However there is a driver that will work and I have downloaded the damn thing and I have no clue what to type or where to go and every time I type "sudo - whatever" I get messages that I need to enalbe a component called "universe" and I dont know what that is neither. Is there an easier way to just locate the .exe that I downloaded and double click to open it and have Ubuntu install it for me? I don't understand why everything you do in Linux has to be commanded by typing something. Any help will do.

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alpharay (wrongloop) said : 		#1

You can check if this work
I had the same problem and this solved my problem.
-------->>>>>>I got it all right working but the speed is cut in half.<<<<<<------

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Best Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : 		#2

Hi !

not everything has to be commanded by typing something. The thing is that often, people helping others are comfortable with linux and have already discovered that some tasks are a lot easier to do in console :-)
don't worry you will get used to it.

OK. so you first need to enable the universe repositories. follow the instruction here (see, no command line... :-) ) :

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

Next, you need to follow the instructions Step 1 2b and 3 detailed on this page (Sorry, here comes the command line...)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff?highlight=%28c571nr%29#head-bc33832c0547766a33c3a84f13f971ca757b2851

tell me if you have any problem.

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alpharay (wrongloop) said : 		#3

ooooo man I commented but did not put the link
sorry
here is the link
-------->>>>>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear<<<<<<---

this is for the command line

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pyr0 (cschalluspgh) said : 		#4

You know what? After I posted that question I formatted my whole hard drive due to me thinking that Partition Magic 8 would just remove Ubuntu and I could try again. Boy was I wrong. So I reformatted and installed Windows XP and had to reload all of my drivers which took all of last night. I just finished things up and attempted to reinstall Ubuntu and I happened to have my ethernet cable plugged in and before I knew it, I was able to update my drivers and it automatically identified my Broadcom wireless and installed it as well as the firmware. Thanks for everyones efforts in trying to help me. Now to a much more complicated step. I am going to attempt to install BackTrack 2 Final because I want to learn how to crack router WEPs and so on. I have a guide and demonstration but I wanted to ask this question: Would it be better to run BackTrack 2 as a Live CD or install it? I would prefer to run as a Live CD because I was reading up on the net and I would have to use the command which I know nothing about YET, but I do have a general idea of how to use BackTrack 2. So what would you guys think, Live CD or install on my hard drive?

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Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : 		#5

You don't need backtrack or anything. Have a look at aircrack-ng, which is included in ubuntu repositories.

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pyr0 (cschalluspgh) said : 		#6

I have heard little about aircrack. My main focus is cracking wireless network WEPs and WAPs and I heard backtrack was the best out. However though, before when I had a dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows XP, then I mounted BackTrack 2 onto my Ubuntu partition and the only thing that loaded was BackTrack, so I had to do a bunch of reinstalling and so forth. I heard aircrack-ng is a Live CD as well? Let me know which one you think is better.

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Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : 		#7

Backtrack is a security oriented linux distribution and is a great tool, but if you just want to play with your access point, just install aircrack-ng with synaptic.