After several connection problems in Ubuntu 10.10 with the recommended STA driver (in restricted drivers), I decided to somehow solve it. The result: a working BCM4322, with "n" speed.
How: Remove dell_laptop and wl modules, if there
present.
rmmod wl rmmod dell_laptop
Get the latest driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php%5B%5E1%5D - as I'm writing these lines, it's hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_38.
To download and install, use the following lines:
#!/bin/bash
VERSION="hybrid-portsrc_x86_64-v5_100_82_38"
mkdir broadcom_sta_$VERSION
cd broadcom_sta_$VERSION
wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/$VERSION.tar.gz
tar xf $VERSION.tar.gz
makeInstall standard Ubuntu Broadcom driver first. This is a DKMS driver, meaning, it will automatically upgrade with every kernel update as well.
To replace the default driver follow the steps above. You'll find the default driver at
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/wl.koTo update, first remove the current driver:
rmmod wlThen overwrite the /lib... file with the compiled, and run:
depmod -a
modprobe wl(Oh, by the way: this entry was written by Peter Molnar, and originally posted on petermolnar dot net.)
