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There is heaps out there around Broadcom but this is what worked for me with a ppc iBook 1.4GHz G4.

Using Ubuntu 6.06 and Kernal 2.6.15-26-powerpc

I followed the instruction from the following links. Read all the info before starting.  From a readme: It is recommended that you extract firmware for both b43 and b43legacy  order to support both types of cards on your system.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Breezy#head-e9dd193e82982668840ea301b7d5e75f12f9a534

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#support

Up and running no reboot required.

Good luck, it can happen… did take about 6 hours of trying things. Had a good night sleep and worked it out in one hour the next morning.

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