Driver for linksys wmp54g how to#
Driver for linksys wmp54g driver#

Click on the name of the wireless connection, then click Edit. If necessary, RIGHT-CLICK on the network icon, and click on Edit Connections. See the connection details, starting with something like: Click on the appropriate tab, something like 'Auto linksys'. The wireless connection should complete now. A Keyring window will pop up, which can be Cancelled. Choose the appropriate Security, such as WEP 40/128-bit Key, and enter the Key. Try any that are open, or that you know the keys for, by clicking on it. Now LEFT-CLICK on the network icon and see that if there are any Wireless Networks signals within range, they are each listed. The way to get it working is to remove it and then reload it:

Driver for linksys wmp54g driver#

The loaded b43legacy driver can be seen listed with the command: However, the wireless driver is still not working, because it does not know that the files it needs are now available. (This directory can be stored on a USB flash drive, and copied to this location in the future, to use the LiveCD to set up a wireless connection when no wired Internet access is available.) With luck, this will instigate a complex automagical process which will fetch the required firmware files and put them into /lib/firmware/b43legacy. The only easy way to acquire this firmware is to connect the computer to the Internet with a network wire.Īfter the wired connection is working, click on The necessary ucode4.fw firmware is not included on the Ubuntu LiveCD because of copyright issues. In kern.log, the proper b43legacy driver is being loaded:įeb 3 16:14:46 ubuntu kernel: b43legacy-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN foundįeb 3 16:15:01 ubuntu kernel: firmware: requesting b43legacy/ucode4.fwįeb 3 16:15:01 ubuntu kernel: b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file 'b43legacy/ucode4.fw' not found or load failed.įeb 3 16:15:01 ubuntu kernel: b43legacy-phy0 ERROR: You must go to and download the correct firmware (version 3). (Or because no wireless signals are currently available.)Ĭlick on >System>Administration>System Log

If this is followed by no itemized entries, that is because the boot process failed to configure the WMP54G PCI card completely. Then comes the Wireless Networks heading. Followed by whatever wired interfaces were found during boot, usually eth0.

It will show the heading Wired Network at the top of the list. When the system desktop comes up and settles down, LEFT-CLICK on the network icon (the two nested computers, on the right part of the upper task bar). Insert the PCI card with the motherboard power OFF.

Driver for linksys wmp54g how to#

This article describes how to set up the Linksys WMP54G Wireless PCI card with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid IbexĠ3:0d.0 Network controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)