G+_Martin Roitman Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hi, I follow Padre's advice and I install Linux Lite on to an old Dell mini 13 computer. I can not get the wireless card to work with the Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver that shows on the "Addiotional Drivers" window. I have tried everything that I found on the internet already. Help me Obi One Kenobi!! Also I have the same problem with Ubuntu in another Dell computer. Thanks!! :) Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Does ifconfig and iwconfig show anything? (ie: wlan0) Also try iw list and try iw dev scan | grep SSID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hey Eddie Foy ... you got this? Can you take care of him? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I can certainly try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Martin Roitman Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Eddie Foy Hi Eddie, I will try today and send you the report. Thanks for your help!! This is a problem that many people had as fare I know. Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Is Linux Lite installable? I tried to make a VM for it, but seems to be just a 'live CD' iw doesn't seem to be installed by default. a sudo apt-get install iw should install it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Justin Egan Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers This helped me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Martin Roitman Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Eddie Foy Hi Eddie, ifconfig shows: eth0 with connection lspci -vnn: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318[Airforce one 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] iwconfig: lo - no wireless extensions eth0 - no wireless extensions I donwload "iw" like you said but is not "iw list" does not rtn anything. Any ideas?? Thanks!! Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Eddie Foy Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Looks like it doesn't know the adapter is wireless. iwconfig not showing and weiFi adapters.. A quick skim through Justin Egan link, looks like a great place. It is a long thread, but has numerous solutions. Focus on posts that are about your chipset (4318) But once again, I ask, is Linux Lite an install or a 'liveCD' boot (even if off a USB thumb drive counts) If its not a true install, it can make the 'fix' troublesome (less so if USB) Persistence on a live boot media is cumbersome to say the least. I saw no option to install on the boot ISO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Martin Roitman Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Eddie Foy Hi Eddie, Thanks for your help. I follow the instructions from the Linux Lite site. Download ISO into USB drive and installed from there with default settings. I did this in other computers and the wifi is recognized from the beginning. After the install ends I ran the updates too. I tried to go to drivers and tried to activated from there but it did not work either. I don't understand what are you asking about the 'liveCD'. Any other ideas? Thanks!! Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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