Broadcom wireless cards have proven to be a consistent thorn for many Linux user. There are however in Ubuntu several choices and most users usually find that their needs are met either by installing Broadcom's own drivers or ones created using open source software.
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How to fix a Broadcom 43224 (rev. 01) in ubuntu 12.10, running on a macbook pro 6,2?
I've googled for 3 days so far, with no success, so I'll be straightforward:
How do you get it to work?
this is the output for lspci -v:
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 ...
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Dell Vostro 3560 bluetooth doesn't work
I installed the wireless driver using this instruction How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560 and I have WiFi working. No problems here.
But unfortunately the bluetooth ...
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Wireless not working on HP pavilion dm5
I have tried to help my friend out with his wireless problems
he is running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS but the regular bcma wireless driver isn't working. He has to be about a foot away from the Access point in ...
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Packard Bell TK11 Wifi not working (Ubuntu 12.10)
Hardware:
Packard Bell EasyNote TK11BZ, BIOS version 1.15
Broadcom BCM43227 802.11 b/n/g
Problem:
Everything works as it should, except the wireless connection. The Wifi device is enabled in the ...
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How to fix additional STA driver installation error on 12.04
I have a Broadcom BCM4313 wireless driver. It worked fine under 11.04 and the upgrade to 11.10 also went smoothly. The 12.04 upgrade has broken the wireless connection. I've seen several posts about ...
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Firmware/driver for Broadcom wifi card, PowerBook G4 running Ubuntu 12.04
This is my first time working with Ubuntu (or Linux), so please be patient.
I am running Ubuntu 12.04-powerpc "Precise Pangolin" on a Mac PowerBook G4 with 1.67GHz processor.
The firmware/driver for ...
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After Ubuntu Upgrade, cannot connect to wifi(wireless)
I upgraded my Ubuntu OS from an ISO. Initially, my connection kept on dropping. After a while, ubuntu failed to connect to wireless at all.
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3.5.0-18 kernel update broke BCM43228 [closed]
After updating the kernel to 3.5.0-18 the Broadcom BCM43228 wireless card of my Acer Aspire One 756 has stopped working properly. The card often refuses to connect to my AP, and if it connects it ...
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Dell Inspiron 5720 Wifi (Broadcom BCM43142, Ubuntu 12.10) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560?
I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 on Dell Inspiron 5720. Cant get wifi to work.
sudo lshw -C network:
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How do I get a Broadcom BCM430N wireless card working?
My acer computer with ubuntu12.10 can't connect the wifi. how can i do with this. i see the question at Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312,the first answer said i can use b43-fwcutter and ...
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How do I get a Broadcom Wireless BCM43225 card working? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get Broadcom BCM 43XX Wireless card working
During the installation of my Ubuntu 12.10 I could use the wireless connection for extra updates. After the ...
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Wireless not detected on a Dell 5720 witha Broadcom BCM 43142?
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell inspiron 5720.
sudo lshw -C network says :
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
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How do I get an Acer Npilfy 802.11 wireless card working?
My Laptop is Acer 5742G with "Npilfy 802.11 wireless".
I have both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10
Earlier when I had Ubuntu 12.04, the wireless was working fine, but after installing 12.10 wireless is ...
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Wireless issue on 12.10-Compaq mini
Cant connect to the internet.
Just after an error with somethng like ......(32)..... on the login screen appeared, this started.
I have updated and upgraded on terminal but nothing.
I know my ...
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Broadcom BCM4313 wireless slow and high-latency [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on a Dell Latitude E6330 laptop.
Wireless is pretty slow. It gets connected quick enough, but ...
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No Wireless connectivity after installing Ubuntu 12.10 on Windows 8
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux.
I have installed the Ubuntu 12.10 version on Windows 8. After installation, there is no wireless connectivity. I have searched the forums and tried things that have worked ...
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What is the difference between the broadcom-sta and bcmwl packages?
Both lots of source packages describe themselves as the Broadcom STA driver. So what's the difference and what should be used?
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl
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Wireless 4311 card not working
HELP.
simon@simon-Latitude-D630:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
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1answer
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Broadcom STA Wireless Driver failed install [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS using wubi.exe on my Dell Inspiron 1545 and I'm having some trouble getting my ...
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BCM4313 Wireless on Ubuntu Server 12.04
I'm trying to run an old netbook with Broadcom BCM4313 wireless as a print server with Ubuntu Server 12.04. Setting up the wireless without the GUI, however, is proving problematic. I do think however ...
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wireless/bluetooth BCM4313 hardware blocked
I use dual boot win7/ubuntu 12.10. When I turn off wireless from win7(fn+f8), then wireless is not working in Ubuntu. If i leave wireless turned on in win7 then, after restart, wireless works in ...
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WPA2 enterprise authenticate fail
I installed lubuntu 12.10 on Dell Idea-pad 10-2. This model has Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) as wireless module.
I tried to use driver from both ...
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WiFi problem after Ubuntu 12.10 update
I just updated my Ubuntu 12.10 today and it went fine and I was told to restart system and after I restart my WiFi stopped working. Mine is Broadcom BCM4312 card . It was working fine just before the ...
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Cannot enable Additional drivers for Broadcom in 12.10
tl;dr version: Additional Drivers does not work for enabling a driver in Ubuntu 12.10, however it worked in 12.04.
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 from 12.04 via a live USB. I did a fresh install to ...
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Installing additional drivers without Internet connection
I have an Acer Aspire 3690 laptop who's ethernet adapter is not working due to IRQ conflict with the mouse (report during startup....press F1 to continue or F2 to setup). I tried to see and change ...
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Problem with network in ubuntu 12.10? [closed]
i have just installed ubuntu 12.10 (with broadcom card wireless) version.I am trying to connect to the internet through wireless but the wireless option is not listed ?
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Broadcom BCM4318 firmware missing
I tried :
sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search b43
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
After that i get this error :
Can't update, Some index files failed to download
I ...
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Where can I find a driver for a Broadcom device 4365 wireless card?
My laptop (Dell Inspiron 17R 5720) came with preinstalled Ubuntu 11.10. I removed it and installed 12.04. Now I can't find driver for wireless. Apparently, in 11.10 there was Broadcom-STA driver. But ...
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How to connect to my own WiFi using Broadcom STA drivers?
I'm trying hard to switch to Linux from Windows because of my engineering project. Unfortunately, everything is against that change!
Before I have installed Broadcom STA proprietary drivers, I was ...
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12.04 making BCM4313 card work with aircrack-ng?
I'm a real Linux Noob, just started using it (this month) and until now i had no issues.
now i'm trying to set-up aircrack-ng on my laptop, but it seems like it's using the worst card possible (or ...
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Can't connect to hidden network with BCM4313 [closed]
The wireless works fine with all the other wi-fi nets I have tried, the only problem is with this hidden network. I should add it's the only hidden network I've tried, so I am not sure if the problem ...
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Unwittingly activate wrong wireless driver and now cannot activate the correct one [closed]
I just installed Kubuntu 10.10 on my MacBook 3,1 and found no wireless connection. Using KPackageKit I activated Broadcom b43 because it had already been selected for me. When I subsequently tried to ...
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Where to download Broadcom STA .deb file?
Situation: I don't have wireless access through Ubuntu due to needing the Broadcom STA driver for my wireless card. I don't currently have access to a physical (cabled) connection that will allow my ...
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Wireless ONLY works until next restart
Wireless ONLY works until next restart
I have an Acer emachines E725 and have installed Ubuntu 12.04 using wubi. Initially there was no wireless but I installed the "Additional Drivers" program and ...
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Cannot Get Gigabit Connection with BCM57780 and tg3.ko
I've got a Broadcom BCM57780 NetLink ethernet adapter in a laptop and I cannot get it to achieve a 1000MBps connection. I have already verified that the cables are good -- other systems work fine ...
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How do I get a Broadcom 4306 [14e4:4324] rev 03 working?
I have a Dell D610 which I have just dual booted with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
I get Network->Wireless-> "Firmware missing" in Ubuntu but wireless OK with XP.
Using a terminal I find the Broadcom device ...
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How to setup wifi hotspot for Dell Vostro using Ubuntu 12.04 OS and Broadcom Wireless LAN Controller [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Create a wifi hotspot using my desktop
I am trying to setup my laptop as a wifi hotspot but it doesn't work. Here are some info that might help:
lspci
12:00.0 Network ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 patched b43 driver compilation error
I tried this How do I install this patched b43 driver? guide to install patched b43 driver on Ubuntu 12.04 with 3.2.0-31-generic kernel but I can't pass compilation phase.Here is what I did:
wget ...
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After upgrade to 12.04 wireless keeps dropping on BCM4312
I know there are plenty of questions very similar to these, but I've tried practically everything and it still isn't working. Some solutions get the wireless connection working, but it goes very slow ...
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Broadcom Bluetooth device remains undetected (BCM2046, WIDCOMM )
lspci output :
Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
lsusb output :
Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
rfkill list ...
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How do I install firmware for a BMC4306 wireless card?
I have tried multiple times to get this working with what was here, but my wireless is still not working. I have a BCM4306 chipset and I have loaded the b43legacy package along with fwcutter and ...
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BCM4311 “wireless is disabled by a hardware switch”
I am running a HP Pavilion dv6000 with BCM4311. I am new to ubuntu and admittedly am rather unfamiliar with running code in terminal. I have tried a dozen different ways i have found online and ...
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Dell wireless not working after upgrade
So, the short version of my sad story is that I tried upgrade Ubuntu to 12.04 and wireless driver has stopped working. I have tried all the solutions but nothing seem to be working.
When I try to ...
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Wireless connected, IP fetched, but no browsing
I'm using 12.04 on an Acer 722, and just after I've installed MESA drivers to use open source graphics drivers, the wireless connection stopped working. As soon as I've removed bcm STA drivers, the ...
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12.04 doesn't recognize my wifi Broadcom BCM94318MPG
I have a Gateway MX6436 with a Broadcom BCM94318MPG WiFi. Everything else works fine but Ubuntu doesn't recognize my WiFi. It says it doesn't have the firmware.
What to do? Please help.
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B43legacy drivers for broadcom wireless [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get Broadcom BCM 43XX Wireless card working
I have attempted the legacy drivers as my laptop I installed ubuntu on, is a old HP 4306 model of Broadcom.
However, ...
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get rid of broadcom bcm4313 and use only a usb wifi adaptor ralink
please someone help me, i want to disactivate totally broadcom and use my external usb adaptor tp-link, i uninstalled all broadcom drivers from additional drivers and synaptic and ubuntu store, aslo ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Wireless not working [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working?
Okay, so I have been looking for days now about how to fix this wireless issue with my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. It ...
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Can't connect to wireless without typing sudo modprobe b43 in terminal
I just upgraded to 12.04 on an old ACER Travelmate 5320 using Broadcom 4311. I wasn't able to connect to the internet through the wireless for a few days. It didn't even display wireless networks. I ...
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Wireless disabled even though the direct connectin (thru modem) is working fine
Need help with my newly installed Ubuntu 12.04 system (dual booting along with Win 7), even thoguh I can use internet using the modem and directly plugging it, the wireless network is disabled and it ...
