Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN not working

[Claudio]

Binary package hint: gnome-nettool

i have replaced windows vista with UBUNTU 9.10. everything works except Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN. the OS is not picking it up and i can't even switch on. i seem to be missing the drivers. hp 530 laptop.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 4259aa96847bee15f73ad73c365cec92
CheckboxSystem: b845c366ea09c60efa3a45c1b5b21525
Date: Wed Mar 17 16:44:52 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-nettool
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gnome-nettool 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.57-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-nettool
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

that is not a gnome-nettool issue.

[Ian Fleming (iflema-deactivatedaccount)]

bug this is....

The following instruction should get you going

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#Installing%20b43/STA%20hybrib%20drivers

[dino99 (9d9)]

eol reached https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases