Network Driver Install Help.

[Psywar]

I have searched the forums and web and I have not been able to find anything that will help fix my issue.
I have installed Kali Linux 32bit on my old Dell Inspiron 6000.

I can re-install if needed or if it will be easier to get the wifi drivers installed.
I have downloaded the broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 file and I slapped it on my desktop.

I read to type this command in Terminal:

cd '/home/`uname -r` ~/Desktop/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0 2/kmod'

then:

sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/`uname -r` ~/Desktop/wl_apsta.o

Wait until extracted, then:

sudo modprobe b43

Well the first line did not work. Said directory not found.

If I wanted to just start the install over. How do I go about doing the install so it will detect the drivers/firmware?

During the network install I got this error: : missing firmware "b43/ucode5.fw" "b43/ucode5.fw"

Thanks for any help!

[ellford]

I have the same issue and have tried to rectify this through hard-wiring my laptop and following a few other discusson threads to no avail.

I did notice that this was a 'bug' in the latest version, but it was also marked as "resolved", so perhaps it needs to be re-opened?

Looking forward to someone here with a bit more knowledge on this issue that might know of a solution....

[ellford]

So does anyone know how to get the network wifi drivers installed to get around this bug?

[staticn0de]

Hi ellford,

Would you please post the wifi model output from lspci

[ellford]

03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)