Hi, I just installed Linux Mint but I've been unable, so far, to get wifi working. I had Windows on this machine before I installed Linux and the wifi worked with Windows, so I suspect that this is a driver issue with Linux. I've tried searching around for solutions, but none have worked. I have pasted the results from running mintwifi below. Much thanks for your help. I've been trying to fix this on my own for a while and getting nowhere and I really need to get this working.
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4320 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:37:21:56
inet addr:192.168.1.77 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fe37:2156/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:13249 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3913 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4964946 (4.9 MB) TX bytes:560308 (560.3 KB)
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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1051 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1051 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:246443 (246.4 KB) TX bytes:246443 (246.4 KB)
New Linux Mint user needs help setting up wifi
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Re: New Linux Mint user needs help setting up wifi
Try this:
You might need to reboot your computer after that.
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sudo apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer
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Re: New Linux Mint user needs help setting up wifi
Thank you very much for your reply but, unfortunately, that didn't work for me. I installed the software and rebooted, but still no wifi. The output from running mintwifi (after the install and reboot) is below. I hope you are able to offer further help. Thanks.
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4320 (rev 02)
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:37:21:56
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fe37:2156/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:611 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:137 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:40547 (40.5 KB) TX bytes:19105 (19.1 KB)
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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:41685 (41.6 KB) TX bytes:41685 (41.6 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.254
Address: 192.168.1.254#53
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4320 (rev 02)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:37:21:56
inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fe37:2156/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:611 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:137 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:40547 (40.5 KB) TX bytes:19105 (19.1 KB)
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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:182 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:41685 (41.6 KB) TX bytes:41685 (41.6 KB)
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.254
Address: 192.168.1.254#53