Getting the wireless to work with ndiswrapper and fedora core 8 ( bcmwl5 : driver installed device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: ssb)

download and install install ndiswrapper

you can do it by using yum

yum install ndiswrapper

go to the folder where you have the windows driver(inf file)

install the driver using ndiswrapper

ndiswrapper -i

to check weather the install was successfull

ndiswrapper -l

if you get this

bcmwl5: driver installed
device (14E4:4320) present

it means your ok

if you get the following

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4318) present (alternate driver: ssb)

go to "/ext/modprobe.d/blacklist" and add the following

blacklist b43
blacklist ssb

restart system
Load the module

depmod -a
modprobe ndiswrapper

make sure the wireless is turned on.
do a scan using

iwlist wlan0 scan

if scan is successfull. add ap by using the network manager