At first, here's the result of
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uname -a
Linux Ursule 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4727 (rev 01)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=200 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:54:dc:ed:ae
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::224:54ff:fedc:edae/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:32562 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28263 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:20897237 (20.8 MB) TX bytes:4911959 (4.9 MB)
Interrupt:18
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:b1:4f:48:71
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:b1ff:fe4f:4871/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:107 errors:15 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:50130
TX packets:1698 errors:878 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:17707 (17.7 KB) TX bytes:365866 (365.8 KB)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:7569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:591953 (591.9 KB) TX bytes:591953 (591.9 KB)
I should also add that I use another computer (with an Atheros card) on Mint and it works flawless.
I've seen many problems with Broadcom (and some with tp-link configuration) but, unless I missed one, none fits.
I hope this isn't a PEBKAC... Anyway, thanks for the help!