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 can I get Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless working? [duplicate]
Wireless was worked perfectly in ubuntu 10.10. Now I upgraded it to ubuntu 11.04. After this upgrade wireless is not working in my laptop, even "wireless connection" is not showing in network ...
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How to Install a Broadcom Wireless Driver
I'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible. I'm a user with no advance knowledge in Linux, so I would ...
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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 doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
As stated, I've just upgraded to 12.04 and my Dell Inspiron 1545 isn't recognising its wireless card and I was ...
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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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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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How do I install BCM4312 wireless drivers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX)
completely new to Ubuntu. How do I add Wireless driver for my laptop? I am running a Dell XPS M1330. Right now its ...
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How do I install this patched b43 driver?
Recently I purchased a Macbook Pro that has a BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi card that does not work with the default kernel.
sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
MacBookPro8,2
lspci |grep 4331
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How do I get my Broadcom BCM4313 working correctly?
I've installed ubuntu on a Asus 1015 netbook. Everything worked out of the box except for the Wireless adapter, which i had to install with the Additional Drivers application.
It apparently installed ...
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How do I get the Broadcom BCM4313 wireless working on an Asus 1015PX?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Asus 1015PX which is certified by Canonical. My WiFi is not working. I read about the BCM4313 troubles and tried
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Broadcom STA driver doesn't work well with BCM4313
Following on from my other question about our new Samsung Q330, I've noticed that the wireless is incredibly flakey. It can connect but after a little use, especially if it does a lot of downloading ...
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Wireless with visible ssid not visible in network menu. Unable to connect by manualy enter ssid
I was able to connect to the wireless 'AirportFaustin' and others using network icon dropdown menu. I decided to switch from proprietary to open drivers for my wireless card drivers. Once I done it ...
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NetworkManager Applet shows no networks
I am "the friend" referred to in the questions here and here. I decided to come and ask a question myself, as I can still not connect to the wireless network.
I downloaded Keryx, as suggested here, ...
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WiFi does not work, Broadcom STA Wireless driver does not work on a BCM4313 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)
I'm newbie in Linux and Ubuntu, but would like to improve my skills :)
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop ...
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Slow Wireless Reconnect After Suspend
I a Broadcom 4312 using the STA drivers, I reinstalled ubuntu because the b43 drivers were giving me a huge hassle along with some weird kernel issues.
My wireless speed is fine, everything works ...
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Broadcom wireless card disappears after restart [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get Broadcom BCM 43XX Wireless card working
I used 'additional drivers' to install 'Broadcom STA wireless driver' and it returns an error. Within jockey.log it ...
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Broadcom open source drivers available in Maverick?
I have a laptop with a broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n wireless adapter and its using the proprietary STA drivers (perfectly), however I thought broadcom released open source drivers and that they ...
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Wireless iwconfig rate auto too low
left to its own devices my wireless connects at too low a speed. I have a 20meg internet connection and my wireless is slowing it down to like 3meg. When I reboot into windows it's fine. When I run ...
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Wireless card only starts to work if I boot into Windows
I'm facing a very weird problem with my wireless network card in ubuntu 10.10 !
Recently I have installed ubuntu 10.10 beside my windows XP on my Dell XPS 1330 laptop.
Everything worked fine except ...
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Is there a way to get Broadcom 802.11ac WiFi (43b1) working on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have a dual boot of Windows 8 / Ubuntu 12.10 on an ASUS G75VX with Broadcom 802.11ac Network adapter device 43b1. It seems that there exists no drivers for this adapter. I have done all of the ...
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Broadcom B4318 driver not appearing in Additional Drivers
I'm trying to install the broadcom B4318 drivers by following this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#Installing_b43_drivers.
I successfully run Step 1, and see it ...
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How can I force WiFi connection to only use ipv4?
I have Broadcom bcm43224 wifi card with proprietary broadcom sta driver.
At home wifi connection works well, but in the office when I ping some resource there is a lot of loss packets and I cant ...
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Broadcom wireless card only works when the power is plugged in [closed]
I've a Dell, with a Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g wireless card. It works well when the laptop is plugged to the power suply, but when it's with battery it doesn't work well.
Do you know why is this?
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Wireless (Broadcom) just stopped working after putting machine to sleep! [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to get Broadcom BCM 43XX Wireless card working
Had the wireless working on my Dell Studio 15 for months now (Ubuntu 10.04 64bit, now 10.10 64bit). But I shut the lid ...
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Why does Ubuntu 12.10 wifi keep disconnecting? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 on a Macbook Pro with Broadcom BCM4331 wireless network card. I have installed the b43 driver in order to be able to use the wireless card. However, the wireless connection ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 Broadcom wireless not working after b43 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Wireless doesn't work on a Broadcom BCM4312
I have a Dell laptop. I was running Ubuntu 11.10 32 bit. During that time wireless was working fine. Yesterday I updated ...
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Wireless doesn't work after installing 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Broadcom BCM4311 Wireless not working
I just did a fresh install of 11.10 32 bit and I can't get my wireless to work. I installed the drivers the Broadcom STA wireless ...
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Connecting to wifi fails, but APs are shown [closed]
After an update a few days ago, I am not able to connect to any wireless AP. I tried basic stuff like restarting and disabling wireless by the hardware switch. Clicking on any AP will show that ...
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Need to run a .sh as root on boot or login
Still new with linux and running ubuntu 12.10
I have a wireless stick (ae2500) which has known issues that has been partially solved using ndiswrapper. However, to use it I must run the same scripts ...
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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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B43 Wireless not working on 2.6.35 kernel
After upgrading to kernel version 2.6.35 (went from 10.04 to 10.10), my wireless card stopped working. I'm currently using the Broadcom STA wireless driver (proprietary).
Have anyone found any fix to ...
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How do I get a Broadcom BCM4313 wireless card working?
I upgraded Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04, until which wireless was working just fine. After the upgrade and reboot, wireless is not even being detected (When I click the network manager icon in the top ...
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Dropped wireless connections and reconnections with a Broadcom BCM4321 [duplicate]
With the newest distribution, beginning yesterday, both of the Ubuntu computers on my network that connect via wireless are randomly dropping the connection several times an hour. The connection ...
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BCM4311 Wireless Not Working with Drivers Installed
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my old Compaq/Hp Preario V3000 to replace Windows XP.
Every thing works fine except I'm getting no wireless network options in the network drop down menu. I'm using a cable ...
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Dell 1390 wireless (BCM4311) Ubuntu 12.04 no wireless icon in unity
I have a Dell Inspiron 1520, which has the Dell Wireless 1390 card (based on the BCM4311 chipset). During installation, Ubuntu 12.04 detected the device and installed the Broadcom STA driver. ...
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Wireless connection is lost periodically and without apparent reason and is quickly reestablished on a BCM4312
My wireless connection has lost stability after I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04. It used to remain connected for as long as there was signal, but now I get periodic disconnects which ...
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What is the state-of-the-art for using Broadcom Crystal hardware?
I just bought a Dell Mini 1012, which comes with a Broadcom Crystal media accelerator chip. I'd like to know what is the current state-of-the-art with regard to using this hardware on Ubuntu? What I ...
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Why does “Additional Drivers” Fail?
When trying to Activate, Broadcom B43legacy wireless driver I get the following error,
SystemError: installArchives() failed.
Please help.
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What driver should I use for BCM4313?
When I installed Ubuntu 11.04 it suggested I should use the proprietary STA driver, so I did. This caused a lot of problems and I spent hours troubleshooting. I then tried removing the driver by ...
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Package dependency problem (offline install of wireless drivers)
I have a friend wanting to install Ubuntu 10.10 as a dual-boot with Windows through Wubi. Unfortunately, he has a wireless card with a Broadcom chipset, and needs to install the drivers. There is no ...
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Can't get BCM4331 wireless working right
I have Ubuntu 12.10 on my Macbook Pro, which has BCM4331 for wifi. It's been working fairly well, except I've been having a problem that the connection will randomly stop working. Ubuntu still says ...
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Broadcom driver woes
--Edit-- (in case I need to see this again)
After a clean install this worked:
Your device uses the driver b43 and proprietary firmware. The Broadcom STA driver which provides wl is not appropriate. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 on Macbook Pro 5,5 (Wifi Issue)
I know this question gets asked almost every day with a different Macbook version, but I can't seem to find anything definitive for a Summer '09 MBP (5,5).
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and wifi won't ...
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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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wifi works on Windows Vista, but not on Ubuntu
I am not able to connect to Wifi using Ubuntu 10.04, but on the same machine I am able to connect to it using Windows Vista.
I had posted this question about it earlier, but none of the solutions ...
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Trouble with WPA wifi connection - can connect to wireless networks
Good afternoon,
I'm trying to set up wireless on a new install of Ubuntu Desktop 12.10.
I am able to connect to "open" wireless networks (I am connected to my house "guest" wifi network right now) - ...
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Why can my System (Dell Inspiron N4050) not connect to my WiFi any more? (12.04)
I have a Dell Inspiron N4050 with dual booted Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. My Wireless Driver currently is Broadcomm in Ubuntu. I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
Just two days back, after downloading and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 BCM 4313 Wireless N Issue
I have a hp dv6-7014nr and I just installed ubuntu on it and after some trouble I have my wireless working for the most part. The one last problem I have is that wireless N still is not working, I ...
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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 ...
