Broadcom wl driver walkthrough please?

I'm just starting off using Arch Linux, after a long time in Ubuntu. I've installed it several times, but I don't have easy access to an ethernet port in my home, I rely on wireless. I have a Macbook Pro 4,1 with a broadcom chip, and my research says that it requires the broadcom wl driver, which is only available in the AUR. Normally I wouldn't have a problem learning to use something like that, but in cli, plugged in to the hardly accessible ethernet port, and trying to read the standardized tutorial and remember it through a reboot and install, and having trouble after installing even using the ethernet port, I'm requesting help. Is there a way to install Arch through FTP with the broadcom driver? And, with this being my only computer, how can I download it from OS X or Vista and then install it from Arch? (I've already downloaded the file actually)
Sorry I'm rambling, but I need to be using something to learn it, I can't read directions and then do it a while later. I also can't get online after an install through ethernet, which is strange because I use ftp to install. After I get the wireless drivers, I can teach myself all I need to know, but not until then.
Last minute thought: Is it possible to install Arch in a VM, configure it correctly and do an ftp install by leeching my connection from my laptop, install the wireless drivers myself without even needing an answer to this post since I could have a browser open on the host, and then dump the VM onto my HD? I know I can't with something from source, but Arch uses binaries, so I should be able to, right?

Veovis Muad'dib wrote:I can install with an internet connection through ethernet, but as soon as I'm done installing and I boot from the HD instead of the CD, I can't use ethernet anymore.
You need to configure your network interface. See the wiki for details.
Veovis Muad'dib wrote:As for the source, I already have the archive downloaded from the AUR, and it is on both my HFS+ partition and my NTFS partition, if that helps.
The tarball provided on the broadcom-wl AUR page provides the PKGBUILD and associated files that will enable you to build an Arch package for the driver. It does not include the driver's source - that is downloaded from broadcom during the build process. Alternatively, you can download it yourself and place it in the build directory. Again, full details are available in the wiki.
I strongly recommend that you set up your ethernet connection correctly and use it to install and configure the wl driver.
References;
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_network
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_User_Guidelines
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312

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