No WIFI under HP Probook 4515s

[Zoltan Hoppar]

Oops, Wong info:

06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g
LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)


Thanks,

Zoltan

2010/8/19 Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz at gmail.com>

> Ok,
>
> I have discovered the I chosen the wrong firmware. Then I discovered too
> that I have an low-power Broadcom LP-PHY 1612. I have extracted the apsta
> module successfully, but - there is no working wifi. What shall I do?
>
> 2010/8/19 Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz at gmail.com>
>
> There is only one tiny little problem.
>>
>> [zoltan at localhost ~]$ tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2
>> [zoltan at localhost ~]$ cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3/driver
>> [zoltan at localhost driver]$ b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta_mimo.o
>> Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter.
>> This file has an unknown MD5sum b84bc801b9b8f39069c252f533655af8.
>>
>> What's next?
>>
>> 2010/8/19 JB <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com>
>>
>> Zoltan Hoppar <hopparz <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Hi guys,
>>> > Currently I have run out of ideas about how to activate, and create an
>>> working
>>> > wifi on my new machine. It uses an Broadcom PHY - Broadcom Corporation
>>> BCM4312
>>> > 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01).
>>> > I have followed the the advices at linuxwireless.org - but no effect.
>>> Maybe I
>>> > have made mistakes, or something went wrong - I couldn't tell that.
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> this is the relevant page:
>>> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
>>>
>>> ...
>>> device firmware installation
>>> Fedora
>>> ...
>>> Next, download the Windows driver:
>>> do not use the download link blindly; first check which driver is the
>>> latest:
>>>
>>> http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/
>>>
>>> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.1.tar.bz2                   16-Jan-2008 03:33
>>>  3846454
>>> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.2.tar.bz2                   28-Sep-2008 20:42
>>>  3877524
>>> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2                   21-Dec-2009 16:46
>>>  3906094
>>> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2                     08-Oct-2008 15:11
>>>  3888794
>>> broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2                     19-Feb-2009 18:46
>>>  5986780
>>> broadcom-wl-4.80.17.0.tar.bz2                      14-Jan-2008 04:09
>>>  869561
>>> broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2                      14-Jan-2008 04:09
>>>  904072
>>> broadcom-wl-4.80.9.2.tar.bz2                       20-Jun-2006 04:45
>>>  857282
>>>
>>> According to the above list the latest driver is:
>>> broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2                   21-Dec-2009 16:46
>>>  3906094
>>>
>>> So, make sure that you download this one as instructed:
>>> wget
>>> http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3.tar.bz2
>>>
>>> Now continue installing this driver as instructed.
>>> ...
>>> Reboot.
>>>
>>> JB
>>>
>>>
>>>
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