Wifi Driver For Linux Mint
I have been struggling to get the Wireless LAN (BCM4311) working on my Dell Inspiron E1405 with Linux Mint 15 from a live USB. I have access to internet, the wired connection works fine. Steinberg cubase free.
Tried so many tips from Linux forum, with no luck so far. I have not installed Linux on the HDD, as I am worried the WLAN may not work at all after installation. I have Windows XP for my regular use, trying to get Linux work before I intend to install it on the HDD. Any help in solving the WLAN detection/connectivity problem will be highly appreciated. Running Mint 15 in my MacBook Pro 13″ (mid 2012) I’ve been using the bcmwl-kernel-source for the Broadcom 4331 wlan chipset. All the time I’ve only had problems to connect to one single wireless network, everything else just worked fine, except a bunch of error messages in syslog.
Then, I upgraded (fresh install) to Mint 16 using the Broadcom drivers from the package manager again. But this time, my connections began to become laggy after a few minutes and so I tried your solution from above. But this also doesn’t really work for me, because on one hand I’m not able to see 5GHz and/or 802.1n networks anymore and on the other hand after a few minutes the network manager doesn’t show the wireless networks around except the one I’m connected to, and this one has a connectivity of 0%. Pinging the gateway is not working, too. Hi, and thanks – can i just ask, as a noob:: i’d already found this solution on the web: sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source && sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer and it seems to have worked as i’m now seeing WiFi signals with sudo iwlist wlan0 scan but i wonder how your solution compares to this – are they wildly different? (Still can’t actually find a way in the Mint 15 UI to list the WiFi signals and let me choose one to connect to – please tell me I don’t have to keep typing runes to make this happen?!) best, & thanks, nick.
I just installed Linux Mint 17 (MATE) on an old laptop and everything works amazing, however I can't seem to get it to connect to my WiFi network. All my other computers can get access, plus, before when the laptop has Windows XP, it could also find and connect.
Is there a way to check if it's even detecting the correct network? If so, how would I set up a proper connection to the network? There is nothing wrong with my network nor the laptop, so it must be Mint's fault. Edit: Output of iwconfig: lo no wireless extensions. Eth0 no wireless extensions. Output of lspci -nn grep 0280: 02:04.0 Network controller 0280: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 AirForce One 54g 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller 14e4:4318 (rev 02).
Install Wireless Drivers Linux Mint
Applies to: Linux Mint 17.3 Because of an apparent bug, if you're using a Broadcom based WiFi card (such as BCM4321) on this edition of Mint, you need an internet connection already established, either from cable all by using an Atheros based USB Wifi dongle. At least this is so, if you attempt to install from a USB memory stick, made from an ISO using. What should happen is that you get a screen under driver manager that look like the picture below, then you select the bcmwl-kernel-source and Mint should download and install the new kernel-driver from the USB memory and after reboot it should just work. This does not happen as the driver manager insists on network connection.
Windows Wireless Drivers For Linux Mint
So instead find an alternative connection and install using driver manager. In addition, please note that on some laptops (especially HP) there may be a manual WiFi switch.
For some reason, even when on it is starting of as off, so you need to toggle that switch. You can check this status (if the drivers are properly installed) with: # rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes Then, once you've toggled, you should get something like: # rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no If for some reason, it would show as soft blocked, you can run: $ sudo rfkill unblock 1 $ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart.