wifi (WPA) on an acer 7003 laptop with ubuntu gutsy
March 16th, 2008 | by dan |So I inherited a laptop. Or rather, a tabletop since this is more of a luggable computer than anything else. The screen is 17″ and the whole lot weighs over 4kg. Still, can’t complain about a free laptop, even if one corner is smashed in somewhat.
Anyway, hopefully this can save someone some time. Forget about the native driver, it can’t *quite* connect properly with WPA(1/2). Once you have installed the firmware the wifi chip needs (apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter), follow these instructions:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff
Basically, simply disable the native driver, and use the windows driver with ndiswrapper.
Follow part 2A not 2C. Works fine and you can still use Network Manager.
