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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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]
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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 ...
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Wireless always disconnects with a Broadcom BCM4312
I upgraded my Ubuntu 10.10 for Ubuntu 12.04.
I have a Emachines E625
With Ubuntu 12.04 my wireless always disconnects every 10 sec. It didn't do that with 10.10.
Here is my config:
Linux ...
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Wireless networks are not detected at start up in Ubuntu 12.04
I have recently (three four days ago) installed Ubuntu 12.04 via windows installer i.e. wubi.exe. After the installation completed wireless and Ethernet were both working well. But after restart ...
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Wireless Broadcom 4313 not working on Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)
It seems a lot of people are having this problem, but none of the posted solutions have worked for me so far. My driver ...
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Installing Broadcom Drivers on Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
Installing wireless drivers without internet access
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 so that I could Dual ...
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HP Compaq 2510p wireless disabled by hardware switch
I have an HP Compaq 2510p laptop running ubuntu 12.04 LTS. ubuntu reports that wireless is disabled by means of a hardware switch. There is a 'soft-key' button on the laptop to control the physical ...
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I can't connect to any network
When I plug in the ethernet, 'connection 1' shows under connections, and when I click it, it tries to connect for a while then says 'connection 1: Disconnected'.
My best guess is that I need to ...
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Broadcom BCM4331: “device not ready firmware missing” error
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I can't connect to my wireless network. My network doesn't even appear. I have a message it says:
device not ready firmware missing.
This is what I get when I ...
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How do I get my Wi-Fi to work?
I'm completely new to Linux and a friend gave me Ubuntu 12.04 live to install on my computer. I didn't want to use Windows anymore so i completely overwrote Windows and now it is a totally Linux ...
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Keyboard Freezes with Wireless Use on HP Pavillion dm1 [duplicate]
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What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
I recently bought an HP Pavillion DM1 laptop for everyday use. To get the wireless card working, I had to install the proprietary ...
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Broadcom BCM4331 not working on new Mac Mini 5,1 [duplicate]
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Broadcom BCM4331: “device not ready firmware missing” error
I can't seem to get my wireless card working on my Mac Mini 5,1. Lspci returns:
03:00.0 Network controller: ...
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Wireless via PCI adapter is slow, Latency?
I am using 12.04 on a PC connected to the Internet via Broadcom 4321 PCI device.
My connection is very slow. To quantify, speedtest.net shows my download speed at roughly 2.5Mbps. A laptop, also ...
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wireless doesnt work on a broadcom bcm4312 for HP/Compaq laptop [duplicate]
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Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
I have BCM4312 in Compaq Presario V3033AU laptop and installed Ubuntu 12.04 (Kernel 3.5.0-10-generic) as dual boot along ...
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Broadcom 4331 card won't detect wireless connection [duplicate]
I am using a macbook pro 8. I am very new to ubuntu. I think I have the firmware needed, I think I have the correct kernel, and I have followed every tutorial on how to fix this that I could find. ...
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BCM4313 Cannot Change frequency
I'm having difficulty changing frequencies and channels using the 80211 Soft Mac drivers for my BCM4313 card running on an Acer One 756. I'm able to monitor and inject packets but when I want to ...
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Broadcom 4365 wireless driver with 3.4 / 3.5 kernel [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I used this package to install the driver on 3.2 Kernel and it was working perfectly.
Unfortunately the system ...
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No Wired or Wireless Connection on a Dell Precision M4300
Let me start off by saying that I've been working on this for 6 hours, researching everywhere I can find online and not finding a solution.
I just installed Ubuntu 12.4 LTS and replaced Windows XP on ...
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“ BCM4313 wireless card not detected unless I boot with an ethernet connection ” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get my Broadcom BCM4313 working correctly?
*My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS does not detect any wireless network unless I reboot with the ethernet connected. With ethernet ...
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How do I get a BCM4311 wireless card working without an Internet connection?
I'm a first time user of Linux, I got the blue screen of death one to many times on an old laptop, a Dell D620, so I went for 12.04 and removed Windows, but now I can't get online at all.
We all use ...
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BCM4313 wireless card not detected unless I boot with an ethernet connection
My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS does not detect any wireless network unless I reboot with the ethernet connected. With ethernet connection, both the WiFi and ethernet are detected and, even if I remove the cable, ...
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Broadcom STA [4727] Wireless not detecting after driver installation
I have a Broadcom 802.11n [4727] wifi adapter..
I searched a LOT and found out we need to do some steps in order to get the wifi working.
So for this i have no idea how much of installations and ...
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Wireless driver only works after plugging the cable in with a BCM4313
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 this week. I've had a couple of problems with my wireless card. After following some posts here on askubuntu I got it to work on a peculiar way:
When I start my laptop ...
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Wireless network not detected with a Broadcom BCM4313
I am using 12.04 LTS. I am not able to connect to my wireless network.
However, if I reboot with the Ethernet cable network, the system connects with the wireless network from the router.
I did the ...
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can't get BCM4312 [14e4:4315] after upgrade from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS
Based on answers to other questions, I have tried b43 and STA drivers w/o success and have probably caused additional problems along the way. Also based on info requested in connection with other ...
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Unable to Install Wireless Drivers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working?
Hi Have just 'upgraded' to Ubuntu 12.04 from 11. Wireless connection worked fine prior to connection. In fact used ...
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Dell vostro 3560 no wifi - Broadcom BCM43142 hybrid chip [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560?
I got my new Dell Vostro 3560 with Ubuntu 11.10 preinstalled, but after installing Ubuntu 12.04 I ...
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Wireless driver for dell inspiron 5520 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
I have a new Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 laptop running Ubuntu 12.04. My wireless driver doesn't get detected in the ...
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Wifi not working on Acer Aspire One D270
brand new baby linux user here, never used Ubuntu or any other linux OS before, so be gentle and use short words!
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my new Acer Aspire One D270-F61C/KF netbook (it's a ...
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Strange network issue; works on windows, but not on ubuntu, works on campus wireless, but not at home
I have a broadcom device using dell laptop that can dual boot into windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have no trouble connecting to the internet using the Windows 7 side, but on Ubuntu firefox and ...
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My Dell Inspiron 8600 WiFi Won't Work
The wireless internet connection on my Dell Inspiron 8500 isn't working. I was told to get WiFi on it that I need to remove the BCMWX kernel module and Install a B43-something. Is this right? What ...
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Wireless isn't working in 12.04 [duplicate]
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Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
I'm new to Ubuntu and not very tech savvy. I have tried everything I've seen on previous posts but still I'm confused. So ...
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How to get brcmsac wireless drivers working? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get my Broadcom BCM4313 working correctly?
i just installed ubuntu 12.04 on my HP Pavilion dv6 series laptop, and i am trying to get the included broadcom 4313 ...
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How can i save my installed packages on an external drive so that i can do an offline install lateron on any new ubuntu install? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
How can I save my installed packages on an external device so that i don't have to connect to internet ...
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Wireless Problem (broadcom) Please help!
Hi so the problem is that i can connect to my wireless but i cant connect to the internet.
Thinks i try: Get closer to router, Format, Reinstall firmware.
None help
cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated ...
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Can't get wireless on macbook pro 8,2
I'm a linux Newb, and I have tried several of the fixes listed to try and get my wifi drivers to work, but to no avail. Does anyone here know why this isn't working for me, or better yet, how to fix ...
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Wifi problem in Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Acer Aspire laptop. I hadn't wifi so I was looking for an answer on how to install drivers. I installed firmware-b43-installer.
In "Additional Drivers" this message ...
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Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64bit Wireless problem - Broadcom BCM4306 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you get the Broadcom BCM4306 wireless card working?
I've recently updated from the 32bit version of Ubuntu to the 64bit, (just built a new computer, woot) and ...
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Wireless does not work on HP DV6000 with a BCM4311 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working?
Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
wireless does not work on HP DV6000 with Ubuntu 12.04
i have been ...
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Dell Precision M65 Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless not working [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to a USB stick and am having problems getting the wireless networking to ...
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server 12.04 boot dhcp, can not find hard disk
I am trying to set up ubuntu server 12.04 LTS on my old Dell desktop for a LAMP home testing server. The install went fine, but when I start up, I do not see the the grub boot loader (which i ...
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Macbook Pro wifi won't work
I opened xdiganose and it told me to go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware in order to download and install the wireless driver. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu ...
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Wireless keeps disconnecting after a while with a WNDA3100v2
I have an WNDA3100v2 wireless USB dongle, which I got working via the ndiswrapper. But randomly it disconnects. Then to get it working I have to pullout the USB adapter and plug it back in.
I search ...
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Dell 1545 cannot connect to Belkin n300 router. How to fix it?
I have Dell Inspiron 1545 and Belkin n300 router. I have successfully installed Broadcom sta drivers. Still I cannot connect wirelessly to the router. I am running ubuntu 12.04.
Output of rfkill list ...
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Why am I asked for my wireless password again and again despite settings to connect automatically?
My wireless works fine, but from time to time, annoyingly enough, usually upon startup, it asks for the password, while at the same time displaying it underneath. So, I just have to click 'apply' ...
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wifi not working on ubuntu 12.04 dual booted on Mac OSX
I partitioned my Mac OSX hard disk and dual booted with Ubuntu 12.04. Everything seems to be working fine except I cannot connect to internet wirelessly. After connecting with an Ethernet cable, I ...
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How to install a `.deb` package, when the install button is disabled?
I am trying to install this deb package http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/utils/b43-fwcutter but whenever I doubleclick it the install button is disabled.
I don't have internet connection.
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network fails when rebooting
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 Server with lxde installed onto it. My computer is a HP Pavilion ze2000 which happens to have the broadcom wireless card.
[Output]: lspci -nn | grep 14e4
05:02.0 Network ...
