1) Fresh install of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.
2) Downloaded version of ndiswrapper as listed here.
3) Installed ndiswrapper in this order
ndiswrapper-common4) Added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist ('sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist')
ndiswrapper-utils
ndisgtk
blacklist BCM43xx5) Used Windows Wireless Drivers application (System>Administration>Windows Wireless Drivers) to install Windows Wireless Driver (which I stole from HP here) called bcmwl5.inf (Ubuntu also grabs other things)
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist ssb
6) Edited /etc/modules ('sudo gedit /etc/modules') and added this at the bottom
ndiswrapper7) rebooted (a couple of times)
This worked. When I previously had Gutsy installed, I used to have intermittent problems with wireless dropping out when logging in, but so far, this has just worked (touch wood). I will update on the consistency of this working, as it was the most frustrating thing I had with Ubuntu, as I prefer wireless for my network access, because it means I can sit on my recliner.
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