Why can't I activate my wireless card?

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 07 February 2011 19:02:23 Anne Wilson wrote:
> I took my netbook away for the weekend, and hoped to impress a young
> friend. In the event I could not connect to the free wifi service. 
> System-config- network has eth1 as a wireless connection, both
> Activate/Deactivate are greyed out.  The Hardware tab shows only eth0 and
> the Wireless tab in SystemSettings
> 
> > Network Connections is greyed out.
> 
> Browsing to find full specs worries me - this is the only good informaiton
> I can find:
> 
> Acer Nplify™, a high-throughput wireless solution, delivers superior
> performance and reliable connections while enabling emerging voice, video
> and data applications. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, it supports Acer SignalUp™
> wireless technology and is compliant with 802.11a/b/g/n and 802.11b/g
> standards.
> 
> So maybe it's proprietary and non-standard.  Is there no hope at all of
> getting this to work in Linux?
> 
> Anne

Thanks to lshw I now have it identified as

Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)

I gather that I need some firmware download but so far haven't managed to find 
it.  Could someone please help?

Anne
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