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Macbook Wifi Drivers
Brannon Dorsey edited this page Mar 25, 2015
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If you are running an Ubuntu 14.04 distrobution on a Macbook (or possibly other Macintosh computer) you will need to install the b43 drivers for your wireless card. If you have already installed the Ubuntu recommended Broadcom drivers you will need to uninstall them before installing the b43 drivers. This is because the Broadcom drivers do not allow you to put your device into monitor mode. Fortunately b43 drivers do, and they are compatible with Macbooks.
If you already have the Broadcom drivers installed, remove them using this command:
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
Install the b43 drivers with:
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
Now reboot and you should have working wireless card drivers that support monitor mode.