Ubuntu – How to get the wireless to automatically start after reboot

11.10wireless

I am running Ubuntu 11.10, and finally have figured out how to get my Broadcom BCM4306 wireless working. Unfortunately, I still have to enter the following commands "sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb" and "sudo modprobe b43" then enable networking and enable wireless every time after I reboot. Does anyone know how to make this process happen automatically?

Thanks for your help!

Best Answer

I do not know about that wireless device in special, but I do know something about modules

Concerning the modules, the commands you posted seem a bit confusing, as they first remove the module "b43" and then load it again:

sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb
#this removes (-r) the modules "b43" and "ssb" if they are already loaded (see *man modprobe*)

sudo modprobe b43
#this loads the module "b43"

To load a module at boot time, add the module-name to the end of the file /etc/modules (you can edit the file executing sudo gedit /etc/modules, for more info see man modules and man modprobe)

To explicitly prevent loading a module at boot time, you can blacklist it, by adding the module-name to the end of the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

So maybe in your case, it could be enough to add "ssb" into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

Try it out and share with us :)

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