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david Joined: Jun 04, 2008 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted Dec 05, 2008 at 1:16:19 PM Subject: hi all hi all i am a new Linux user and i don't know many things about it. i am using linux ubuntu version and i have Buffalo wireless card. the thing is i cannot download drivers for linux, i had a look on Buffalo official website and it didnt have drivers for linux, it only has windows one. please could tell how to solve this problem. thank you very much.
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 05, 2008 3:34:14 PM Subject: Re: Re: hi all We need to know the actual chipset of your card. My guess is that it's one of the broadcom chipsets. These are notoriously beastly under linux. Ubuntu comes with the correct driver for them, but not the firmware you need to run them. To get the firmware you need a package called bcm43xx-fwcutter. If you open up the terminal program and type: sudo lspci \| grep Broadcom It will ask for your user password, enter that, then post the output here. (If that comes up empty, just do "lspci" without the quotes and post the output.) Here's a how to for the bcm43xx-fwcutter: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1071920&mode=linear You can also use the windows drivers with a program called Ndiswrapper. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBuffalo [Modified by: Reed on December 05, 2008 10:35 AM] [Modified by: Reed on December 05, 2008 10:36 AM]
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david Joined Jun 04, 2008 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 11, 2008 10:56:55 PM Subject: hi all thank you very much. i appreciate it .
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david Joined Jun 04, 2008 Posts: 7 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 12, 2008 8:14:44 PM Subject: hi all the this is that it doesnt even shows that there is a wireless card connected. and another thing i am using external wireless card
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Dec 12, 2008 8:56:01 PM Subject: hi all We still need to know the chipset of the card. Open a terminal and type: lspci then post the output. Then type: dmesg \| grep -i Wireless and post the output of that.
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