Comments on: Broadcom Wireless in OpenSUSE 11.0

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:53:01 +0000

Works well in openSUSE 11.0 and 11.1! (I went back to 11.0, because 11.1 is a downgrade, sort of like XP vs Vista.)

Try disabling / reenabling networking, or even rebooting the PC if it is not working right away. With me, it took a few retries and reenabling to get it working.

By: Benjamin Hardy

Benjamin Hardy — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:35:53 +0000

Nevermind, a reboot did the trick

By: Benjamin hardy

Benjamin hardy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:20:15 +0000

Thank you Blake.

I downloaded the b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2 and broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 files, extracted them, installed make, gcc, automake, autoconf from the dvd, and installed the firmware. I ran a hardware scan in Yast and the light on my wireless switch came on, however, I could not find any networks. In Windows, there are several available and I should connect to one. Maybe I need to configure something, I’m not sure.

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:28:55 +0000

Ben, running “install_bcm43xx_firmware” is basically just a automated version of the steps on this page. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Just download the files you’ll need on another computer / operating system, and you should be fine.

– Blake.

By: Benjamin hardy

Benjamin hardy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:14:24 +0000

Hey,

great advice but if the script requires that I have a connection I don’t know how to do this. My wired internet connection hasn’t been working for a while (Primus is lousy!), so I can connect to some neighbor’s wireless in Vista. I obviously can’t use my wireless in Opensuse without downloading the firmware, so is there a way of doing this locally?

thanks,
ben

By: Blake

Blake — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:48:47 +0000

Thanks guys. That’s good to know. I was playing around with a laptop that was not mine when I wrote this guide, so that’s probably why I never noticed that my short and sweet version did not work as well.

By: Peter Koopman

Peter Koopman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:40:28 +0000

Thanks. I missed the ‘modprobe b43legacy’ on other sites. I agree with AhJay, it’s not optional.

By: AhJay

AhJay — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:39:45 +0000

Note:
this step is necessary, not optinal. !!

ThinkSUSE:-> modprobe b43legacy

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