Same old wifi issues

[jc1005]

I copied my hardware profile as per another thread. Can't the broadcom to work.

jl@jl-ME051 ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: jl-ME051 Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: System: Dell product: ME051
Mobo: Dell model: 0GD366 Bios: Dell version: A04 date: 12/22/2005
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (nx sse sse2) bmips: 1596.32 clocked at 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 10.1.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX driver: b44 ver: 2.0 bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 02:03.0
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (13.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD400VE size: 40.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 36G used: 5.0G (15%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.33GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 148 Uptime: 53 min Memory: 522.8/1247.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
jl@jl-ME051 ~ $

Thanks in advance for the help.

[JeremyB]

A good chance this will work if you have wired internet

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sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

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sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

reboot computer