Linux
Dell Inspiron 1501 Wireless NIC Solution – Ubuntu 12.04
wget http://media.cdn.ubuntu-de.org/forum/attachments/04/32/2480236-Broadcom_Firmware.tar.gz sudo tar xvf 2480236-Broadcom_Firmware.tar.gz -C /lib/firmware/ sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree sudo modprobe -r b43 sudo modprobe b43