Friday, January 31, 2014

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UBUNTU 12.04 BROADBAND WiFi firmware issues

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If you've installed Ubuntu 12.04 or etc and your WiFi does not work install b43 driver!!!

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THIS LINK:

download these 2 files:

http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o
and
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2

cd ~ 
tar -xjvf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o 
sudo b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o 
sudo chmod 775 /lib/firmware/b43 
sudo chmod 775 /lib/firmware/b43legacy

REBOOT THE PC AND CHECK WiFi connection.

How to write right an *.iso file on Mac

In short: Do it through DiskUtility app on your Mac!!!

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto