[needs-packaging] new version of 802.11 Linux STA driver

[Kai Arne]

Requesting a new package for Ubuntu

[Kai Arne (kaiarne5)]

32-bit driver 5.100.82.111 10/21/2011
64-bit driver 5.100.82.111 10/21/2011

http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Olcay Korkmaz (olci)]

updated upstream bug fix release

32-bit driver 5.100.82.112 10/25/2011
64-bit driver 5.100.82.112 10/25/2011

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Andrey Zaytsev (andzaytsev)]

On my network card Broadcom BCM 4313 the version from repositories doesn't support 802.11n mode. So the speed is very slow. (I had to manually compile the latest driver from source) I think the priority of this bug must be higher than the wishlist, because:
1. In the latest version from Broadcom the monitor mode added.
2. 802.11n mode enabled
3. Connection stability increased.
So, it would be gread to get the stable connection with 802.11n support just after installing ubuntu.

[RussianNeuroMancer (russianneuromancer)]

Temporary workaround: install broadcom-sta-dkms from Debian instead of bcmwl-kernel-source from Ubuntu.
http://packages.debian.org/sid/broadcom-sta-dkms

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

I'm marking this as fix released as 13.04 has 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu2