Ubuntu Wiki

Dapper Broadcom Driver page.

This is a work around for those that claim to have really really followed the all the steps to installing the broadcom driver and can see networks when they run

iwlist scan

Here's a quick script I wrote that works to get me connected.

if [ -z "$2" ][[BR]]
then[[BR]]
       iwlist  scan | grep ESSID[[BR]]
  echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  "[[BR]]
  echo "Usage: getit [interface] [essid]  "[[BR]]
  echo "Pick one of the above essid's "[[BR]]
  echo "use the interface that had the essids"[[BR]]
  echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  "[[BR]]
  exit $E_NOARGS[[BR]]
fi  [[BR]]
echo "Bringing network down"[[BR]]
ifdown eth1 &>3[[BR]]
echo "Bringing network back up"[[BR]]
ifup $1 &>3[[BR]]
echo "Changing to $2"[[BR]]
iwconfig $1 essid $2 &>3[[BR]]
echo "Changing to rate to 11M"[[BR]]
iwconfig $1 rate 11M &>3[[BR]]
echo "acquiring IP"[[BR]]
dhclient $1 [[BR]]

The forum link (applies to Dapper, to be released around 4/2006) where this is discussed is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=114922