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[Tom <re19r73@xxxxxxxx>]

In my opinion such recommendations won't get us very far.

Did your wireless card work before on any other Ubuntu system? In
earlier versions of Ubuntu and with another (older) Broadcom device I
made rather good experience with installing some wireless-firmware and
the card even worked in monitor mode.

Maybe this link gives you a hint to come forth
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1704122

If all else fails you can try Ndiswrapper
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ndiswrapper/index.php?title=Main_Page

Good luck!
Yours,
Tom


Am 28.03.2012 10:24 schrieb Leho Kraav:
> On 28.03.2012 10:59, steve wrote:
>> Hi acer users,
>>
>> on my Travelmate 8172 I don't have any wifi after upgrading to 12.04
>> (don't even see the available networks). I'm using kubuntu, and some
>> system details I paste below. Unfortunately I have no idea what the most
>> relevant information is ...
>> Does wifi work nicely on your travelmates with 12.04? Any help
>> appreciated!
>>
>> 01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225
>> 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)
> 
> 
> My hearty recommendation is for you to take the Broadcom wifi card out,
> stomp it with a hammer and replace with an Atheros or Intel. It is
> insane how much of my life I had to waste in the 2.6.38 - 3.0 kernel
> version range trying to fight kernel panics on system resume.
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34682
> 
> It is possible 3.1+ has improved, but Broadcom is what it is FOSS policy
> wise. It's just not worth the battle.
> 
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