Ubuntu 11.10 and Broadcom Wireless

These commands setup my wireless on the old Gateway laptop:

First, don't use the STA driver offered in the proprietary drivers dialog.

Then:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Next:

sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb
sudo modprobe b43

Wireless should now be working.

To have it work on future boots:

sudo su
echo b43 >> /etc/modules
exit

Thanks to this post in the Ubuntu forums that set me straight:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1859668