*These instructions currently work with a new installation of Fedora7 and my Broadcom 1390 mini-pci card. These instructions should also work for other Bcm43xx devices. DO NOT try and use bcm43xx installation methods you may have seen for FC5 and FC6. Fedora7 requires firmware version 4 or higher (4.x).
-Edited June 18 to include a link to different firmware which should work better for broadcom 4318 users.
-Edited June 20th to include a link for how to use the older Softmac driver in place of the new mac_80211.
-Edited October 8 to suggest using the b43-fwcutter package in place of the bcm43xx-fwcutter for use with the b43 driver.
1. Install the b43-fwcutter package. Open a terminal and do:2. Create a folder on your desktop and name it bcm43xx. (In actuality you can call it whatever you like but for the sake of installing just make it the same.)Code:yum -y install b43-fwcutter
3. Download the broadcom firmware from here: *Note- Fedora7 uses the bcm43xx_mac80211 driver so you will need a firmware version 4 or higher, (4.x).
http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources...0.53.0.tar.bz2, and move it into the bcm43xx folder you created on your desktop. Then, Extract the files wl_apsta.o and wl_apsta_mimo.o (located in the kmod folder in the archive you just downloaded),so that they reside inside the bcm43xx folder(screenshot1).
4. Open a terminal and become root, Then go into the bcm43xx directory on your desktop:(screenshot 2)Code:cd /home/"your-home-directory-here-without-quotes"/Desktop/bcm43xx
5. Issue the command to cut the firmware:6. Make sure NetworkManager is enabled: Go to, System/Administration/Services and check the box for network manager. Save your changes and reboot. (screenshot 3)Code:/usr/bin/b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta.o
-Upon booting your system your wireless light should come on and everything should be working fine.
-If using WPA, make sure you have WPA_Supplicant daemon running under System/Administration/Services.
For those of you having trouble with the 4318 you could try using the older Softmac driver instead of the mac_80211 driver. Although from all of the bugzilla posts I have read your cards should be supported and work with the new driver: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg01009.html