I’ll give it a try. The first time I installed Ubuntu and it didn’t work I went onto the net looking for a package for it, but all I could find were command line work-arounds and I couldn’t get any of those to work.
I hear ya. I’ve gone through the same thing on several distro’s hoping they would get their stuff together. Actually, that’s why I checked out this thread...
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These packages contain Broadcom's IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux® device driver for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware. There are different tars for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 CPU architectures. Make sure that you download the appropriate tar because the hybrid binary file must be of the appropriate architecture type. The hybrid binary file is agnostic to the specific version of the Linux kernel because it is designed to perform all interactions with the operating system through operating-system-specific files and an operating system abstraction layer file. All Linux operating-system-specific code is provided in source form, making it possible to retarget to different kernel versions and fix operating system related issues.
NOTE: You must read the LICENSE.TXT file in the lib directory before using this software.
Support questions for the latest version of these drivers may be directed to linux-wlan-client-support-list@broadcom.com.
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I didn't think they were supplying any drivers so this is good...sounds like some work is needed...no idea how much.
I used my T-Mo Aircard with Ubuntu for a whaile. This was my routine...
Plug it in
sudo modprobe -r usbserial (unload the usbserial driver)
then reload it with the vendor ID and product ID (of the air card)
Now, I should mention that it makes a difference which Kernel your using. The newest Kernels 2.6.x will recognize it. But, that doesn’t mean it will work, only that it’s recognized. Verizon and Sprint are notorious for having a need for proprietary software to use their products, as well as selling so many different products, it’s next to impossible to stabilize a package to work with all of them.
I do know that it should work well using VirtualBox and the VZW software, as long as you have USB enabled in your virtual machine install. Every USB device I use works well in VB, running XP, with USB enabled.
Try going here http://distrowatch.com/ 2 good distros I can think of is PCLinuxOS and MEPIS there are thousands you can try and they are free. I am sure that going to some of the forums on linux you can find someone who has had the same problem and you can finds out how to fix it.