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Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers

I'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible. What are the steps to install Broadcom wireless drivers ...
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How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller on 64-bit 12.10 using an Internet-connected 32-bit 12.04 PC and a USB flash drive?

How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller on 64-bit 12.10 using an Internet-connected 32-bit 12.04 PC and a USB flash drive? Having bought a new HP Elite desktop PC and ...
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How can I install the Atheros AR8161 drivers without an internet connection?

Following this question How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller? To be able to compile I need some packages. Is there any "bundle" of the required packages (build-...
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Can't connect to ethernet with Atheros AR8161 on Ubuntu 12.04.2

I have read most of the answers that seem relevant to this, but I thinlk my issue is different and I haven't found the answer. I have a new HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360t computer. It has Windows 7 and ...
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Getting Ethernet driver to crippled machine

The reply at How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller? probably helps me. I have a Toshiba S855, bought yesterday. lspci -vv | grep Atheros command from the terminal shows ...
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Ethernet port won't stay turned on

When I originally got internet service my ethernet port was not turned on. Found this thread How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller?, followed directions under answer 1 ...
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Black screen when trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 on ASUS X502C [duplicate]

This question is yet another one about problems with blank screens when trying to install Ubuntu (12.04.2) on a machine which uses UEFI Secure Boot. In my case, installing off of a DVD in an external ...
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How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller? - update

I checked How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller? I have same problem: when I pasted this part wget -O- http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-...
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How do I enable the alx ethernet driver on Ubuntu 13.04?

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on my Lenovo IdeaPad laptop and am having trouble getting the Ethernet to work. The alx driver required for my laptop's AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet controller to ...
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Y500 lan device not recognised

I got a Lenovo Y500 and installed 3.5.0-27-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 19:58:17 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux. The Problem: LAN does not work after sleep. Just WiFi. And WiFi does not ...
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Installing driver for Atheros AR8131

I am having the same trouble as others getting my Atheros AR8131 Ethernet card recognised by Ubuntu 12.10 on my new HP Pavillion P7-1449 PC. I found the same question where the answer suggested the ...
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How to install Network Adapter Drivers for Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

How can I install drivers for 64-bit Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) for Ubuntu 12.04. I dual boot Windows7/Ubuntu 12.04 drivers work for 64-bit Windows 7. lspic -nn:...
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What package should I install for driver of the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet Controller without net?

I've read in this Question that a new package exists for this driver. But I am confused. There are a lot of packages and I don't know which one do I need. I have a DellVostro-3460, Ubuntu 12.10, ...
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How do I deactivate At1lc driver after install of Alx driver? (replacement)

I have had a problem with no wired Internet connection in 12.04 and my Atheros 8151 Ethernet card and I followed the procedure to replace the non-working driver (At1lc) with it's replacement the Alx. ...
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How to fix slow wireless with Intel 4965 AGN? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Slow wireless with an Intel 4965 We run Ubuntu 12.04, 32bit, with the current kernel 3.2.27-generic on an MSI EX700. I've already added the 11n_disable=1 tweek, without whcih,...
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