for bcm4311, you're supposed to install standard b43 firmware, not the legacy package.
Also, if that doesn't work, try

if still cannot, after reboot, try to modprobe b43,

if still cannot
http://wiki.debian.org/wl

after that if still cannot,
http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper

If still cannot, install Crunchbang Statler *based on Squeeze* ... we did some work on it to incorporate the broadcom restricted blobs into the kernel.

@Scorps
Form all the pm's you've sent me in the past with various problems, I can quite confidently say that your laptop is a special case (or nutcase, to be brutally honest).

Just to clarify, what distro are you using? Is it actual Debian, aither a netinstall or a Lenny install with sources shanged to Squeeze, or are you using some derivative/offshot distro?

Okay, here's what you can try. First, remove ALL b43 and wl packages (but keep wireless tools). Then try the b43-fwcutter route again. the reboot and see if it works. If not, you can:

1.I thought your Liquorix kernel should also include Broadcom blobs by default. Try reading the Liquorix forums.

OR

2. Go the the Broadcom website. They announced open source drivers for their wireless chipsets a couple of months ago. Most distros haven't included them yet (cos the drivers are still alpha). Search for it, should be somewhere in their Linux section.

OR.

Like I mentioned before, install Crunchbang. It's based on Squeeze (pure Squeeze, btw, no 3rd party repos except for tha Crunchbang one), and the community did a lot of work compiling Broadcrap restricted blobs into the stock kernel. The head honcho, Corenominal is a respected web dev in his day job, and he did most of the work on that aspect. I can confirm that Boradcom 4312 and later chipsets mostly work out-of-the-box, but I'm not sure about your 4311 and other bits of your hardware (like I said, your lappy is a bit queer).

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

Edit:

With regards to option 2, try this.
(sudo is recommended for safety's sake, but if like me, you don't like sudo, just modify the later steps for a root terminal)



IMPORTANT: Like I mentioned earlier in this post, make sure you remove all the b43 packages you previously installed (but keep wl), to avoid conflicts.

This post has been edited by G-17: Dec 21 2010, 07:28 PM

Not ready? Are you sure your wireless switch is turned on?
I've never heard of nor tried your Ostrich distro. Perhaps it would be wise to contact the dev or visit their forums (if they have one). It could be due to your distro having different configs/scripts/symlinks.

Like I said, yours is most definitely an isolated case with regards to Debian, since all the solutions provided in this thread up to this point have worked for me and many others in the past.

I apologize for not being able to help any further. I have never used a BCM4311 before.

This post has been edited by G-17: Dec 21 2010, 09:55 PM

I recommend you read this. as far as I know, only the broadcom opensource driver (the one I gave instructions above) will work on Liquorix kernels.

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt

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ssb is the Sonics Silicon Backplane driver.
If you feel it conflicts, just unload it.

In terminal (add sudo if needed);


This post has been edited by G-17: Dec 22 2010, 12:07 AM

Compiling your own kernel isn't that hard. There's lots of documentation available online. Problem is, I think it's a beyond Scorps right now. The other problem (the main one) is, 4 out of 5 times I've incorporated bcm restricted blobs into my own self-compiled kernel, the wireless didn't still work. The new open source drivers from Broadcom might give me more cause for optimism, but I'll wait for a couple more version checks before I attempt incorporating it.