In fact, this is no bug in bcm43xx-fwcutter and support has not been dropped for older cards.
The new bcm43xx driver, which went to Feisty, requires a 4.x firmware version. In order to get one, download the latest bcm43xx-fwcutter from http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4547 and look at the README. At the bottom, there is a link to a 4.x firmware. Get it and compile the bcm43xx-fwcutter version that you just got (the one in Ubuntu is too old) running make. Then extract the firmware via ./bcm43xx-fwcutter FWFILE and copy the .fw files to /lib/firmware. Reload the bcm43xx module (sudo rmmod bcm43xx && sudo modprobe bcm43xx) and everything should work fine then. I'll try to get an exception in order to make the recent fwcutter version available in Feisty. ** Changed in: bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Rejected -- 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
