[Dapper]ifconfig wlan0 errors out

[Matthew Nicholson]

the bcm43xx modules/ and cards nics that use it need the firmware
in /lib/firmware to work. you can extract it with fwcutter, from teh
windows drivers. however, this , for me is very, very flaky and i just
stick with ndiswrapper, even though its an ugly hack at best. 

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 19:37 -0600, C Hamel wrote:
> First, installing kubuntu Flight4 came back w/the wireless card being called 
> eth0 & the wired card being called eth1.  Oh well.
> 
> After loading the Broadcom driver, bcmwl5.inf/sys files into ndiswrapper I ran 
> into problems.  Iwconfig came back w/no wireless found, and when I 
> attempted...
> # ifconfig eth0 [IP address]
> ...and got an error regarding the bcm43xx_microcode.fw being absent.    I 
> tried 'modprobe bcm43xx' and that was no help. I then did a deliberate 
> search...
> # find / -iname bcm43xx_microcode.fw
> ...and nothing was found.
> 
> First, I prefer my wired network card to be eth0 & the wireless to be wlan0.  
> Past that inconvenience, Breezy loads the drivers w/o any problems --using 
> the afore-mentioned names-- and I have, on numerous occasions, used the 
> wireless at the office & the wired at my home office.  Dapper has trouble 
> with this.  Should I file a bug report on this, perhaps??
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated. :-)