Ubuntu 7.10 + Broadcom Wireless Probs

[Agent0range]

Hi

I've installed Ubuntu on my HP 6720S laptop today pretty much without a problem. I've managed to import my firefox settings/extensions, get IRC running, get my music playing and access my Windows Home Server shares. The main gripe I'm having though is I can't seem to get my wireless card working. Typing lspci in the terminal shows its a Broadcom 4312 rev02 and despite installing the bcm43xx-fwcutter package and enabling the firmware in Restricted Devices Manager, I can't seem to get it to work. Despite being on roaming mode it won't find my wireless routers SSID - I have to press "connect to an existing wireless network"

Any ideas - this is literally driving me crackers!

Oh and if anyone's got any advice on how to tidy my WHS shares on my linux desktop, that would be great. When I connect to the shares, it mounts each share on my desktop. Ideally I'd prefer a file on the desktop containing these mounts or something similar.

 

[Agent0range]

Thanks for the links guys, I've followed some of the guides but to no avail. I've managed to source a belkin USB adapter that worked straight away. In a way its a disappointment to not get it sorted and have one less USB port but I've really spent far too much time being frustrated by this issue. It's a shame that its been such a bugbear to what was a pretty faultless and straightforward installation of ubuntu.