BCM4318 on Acer Aspire 5024

[Psycho]

Hey Guys!

I just read some of the topics here on the Broadcom bcm4318. I tried all the suggestions but it still doesn't work. Maybe its just something simple so I decided to post the output files. Hope that someone can help me get this finally working.

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ifconfig

eth0      Protokoll:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 00:0A:E4:E0:B8:6A  
          inet Adresse:192.168.1.6  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Maske:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10598 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5663 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenl

[stuart]

Hi,
I'm no expert but I had all this crap with my bcm4318 card. The problem is that it's loaded the bcm43xx module. you need the bcmwl5.inf with ndiswrapper and i had to blacklist the bcm43xx. If you google this stuff you'll find plenty of help.
Good luck
Stuart

[nibsa1242]

I have the same card in my Gateway MX6440, and every time I blacklist the bcm43xx module the card doesn't show up anywhere. NDISWRAPPER will say that the card and driver are present, but it just won't work.

I'm certain that you will need acerhk to emulate the button, everything I've read about this card on Acer computers says that is mandatory for proper setup.

[nibsa1242]

Ok, so I followed the instructions here by zolly : http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=458

and it works. Haven't tried using any security yet, but the point is it allowed me to connect. Hope that works for others.