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Install Broadcom (B43) wireless driver in Linux
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#!/bin/bash | |
#http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 | |
su - | |
yum install b43-fwcutter wget # apt-get or whatever your package manager is | |
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware" | |
wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 | |
tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2 | |
sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o | |
echo 'modprobe b43' > /etc/sysconfig/modules/b43.modules | |
chmod +x /etc/sysconfig/modules/b43.modules | |
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nice it works pretty well, couldn't find another method that actually worked until this :/