I have a Broadcom 4318 wireless adapter in a laptop about 1 1/2 years old (Model HP L2005CU). I was successfully using Network Manager and ndiswrapper to connect wirelessly with Edgy.
When I switched to Feisty, I ran with ndiswrapper but was unable to connect to unencrypted networks (connected fine to WEP and WPA encrypted networks). Switched to the bcm43xx driver, but continued to have the same problem. NOW, updating to 2.6.20-8 generic kernel I cannot connect to anything and get this same "YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO OLD" error regarding version 4.x firmware. Of course, finding that firmware version has proven difficult and apparently locks up the kernel if you find it. Oh well...development version blues. I just have a problem with labeling this bug of "medium" importance. Connectivity is fundamental to computing these days and LOTS of people are stuck with these "old" Broadcom adapters. -- Broadcom bcm43xx broken with 2.6.20.8 kernel https://launchpad.net/bugs/85099 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
