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I've just installed Xubuntu 12.04 on an old Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop, because of the lack of a pae, and everything works fine except wifi.

I've followed the instructions on the Wifi help page and have installed the b43legacy driver as directed, but it's not working.

I've tried removing the bcmwl driver package, but it's not installed.

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  • Please edit your question to add details of your wireless card from the terminal command: lspci -nn | grep 0280 Thanks.
    – chili555
    Apr 17, 2014 at 15:36
  • Its: 02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11abg Wireless Network Controller [14e4:4324] (rev 03)
    – user269804
    Apr 18, 2014 at 1:06

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Your device does not require b43legacy. Please get a temporary wired ethernet or other internet connection, open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

Detach the ethernet, reboot and let us hear your report.

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  • I think I've tried that but I'll try again.
    – user269804
    Apr 18, 2014 at 23:00
  • Thanks for your help. It's working. It took a combination of your suggestion and turning on the WiFi using the function key.
    – user269804
    Apr 20, 2014 at 7:11

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