After trying for over a year to get my Linksys WPC54GS card working on a Linux laptop, I finally got it working today!!!

Here are my steps

1. Open a terminal and type “lspci” this will give you a listing of pci devices on your computer.
   • Look for one that looks something like this
     • “0000:05:07.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)”
2. Is it Broadcom BCM43XX? If so continue…
3. Run the command “sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter” to install bcm43xx-fwcutter
   • I had some errors after install, I tried to resolve them, but ended up ignoring them
4. Download the windows drivers for your flavor of Linksys Card from Linksys.com
5. Unzip the drivers and look for the drivers folder and a file named “bcmwl5.sys”
   • In My case there was a 9X & NT option (I chose NT and it worked)
6. Change directory (cd) to the folder with your “bcmwl5.sys” file
7. run “sudo bcm43xx-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware bcmwl5.sys”
8. run “sudo rmmod bcm43xx”
9. run “sudo modprobe bcm43xx”
10. run “sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart”
11. Your wireless card should be ready to go (after you configure it for your network)

This same method should work similarly for all Linksys cards with the Broadcom chipset (WMP54GS, WPC54GS, WMP54G….. ) . It should also work for other wireless cards using the compatible Broadcom BCM43XX chipset (BCM4306, BCM4308….).

My Specifics

• Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04
• Dell Latitude
• Linksys WPC54GS Wireless G PCMCIA Adapter (Version 1)
• 802.11G/802.11B

Reference
http://forums.linksys.com

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