BROADCOM 4311 WIRELESS LAN DRIVER

On this page I would select the corresponding architecture 32 or 64 but would also need to download the 3 package dependencies mentioned on that page as seen in the following image:. You need to be running at least 2. NOTE - Before proceeding, if you have previously installed any drivers, have blacklisted or uncommented any driver files or configuration files or have done any changes whatsoever to the system to make the drivers work in previous attempts, you will need to undo them in order to follow this guide. To be clear with referencing the different IDs, make sure to consult the STA link above prior to reading on, and comprare to yours via: The ndiswrapper package utilizes the Windows closed source drivers to activate your WiFi card. September 10, at 6:

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networking - Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers - Ask Ubuntu

You don't need to follow the above steps. Open Synaptic and use bfwcutter and firmware-blpphy-installer instead of bcmwl-kernel-source or any other. I always recommend removing and reinstalling the wirelesx drivers using your terminal In a terminal type the following command sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source then sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source This will then rebuild your driver.

The first makes sure that the sta driver is in place, the second and third blacklist the two drivers brcmsmac and bcma which clash with the correct sta driver. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. December 5, at 5: Put a in front of the line: July 16, at 5: Take a second to support Geekster on Patreon!

To install firmware-binstaller offline see this answer.

I fixed my problem with the Broadcom bcm drivers. October 2, at 5: The point of Ask Ubuntu wirreless to collect answers, not links to answers.

To configure your wireless devices through the terminal I recommend How to connect and disconnect to a network manually in terminal? March 6, at 8: May 3, at 5: March 6, at 7: I have included the.

After downloading all packages wirelesa dependencies, you can proceed on copying all packages to a single folder and running the dpkg command as mentioned on step 4 above. If you've installed it, purge it.

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This guy knows his stuff. After I did the above the wireless had to be unblocked by rfkill: Linux Firmware Update On other cases looking for and installing the latest Linux Firmware would solve the issue. Blacklisting your way to success If you're not seeing that, something else has been loaded in and you need to blacklist that.

In the command below replace drivername with the driver you want to blacklist: This got my old hpb with mint15 back on wireless. Just go to Network Manager The network icon on the top panel. The system has to start from scratch in order for this to work and to avoid any conflicts that may appear if earlier work was done. Run the following commands to get the Wifi properly working:.

Going to switch to 64 bit now that I know it works. December 8, at 7: Then, I upgraded fresh install to Mint 16 using the Broadcom drivers from the package manager again. The terminal will be used to avoid any GUI related issues. To give an example, after going to point 1 mentioned above, If you had the Broadcom broxdcom September 11, at 3: