[How-To] Fix a Broadcom wireless card Wifi connection with Linux

[Deleted member 178]

hi,

many things are free in Linux but some hardware vendors don't allow free integration of their drivers in Linux, in our case Broadcom and its network adapter drivers.

in fact it is not so complicated we have to remove the proprietary driver and replace it by another.

this small tutorial assumes you use a Ubuntu-based distro.


issue:

you went to Driver Manager and the needed driver (generally nominated as "non-free") is not activated and you can't activate it.

Requirements

You need have internet via a wired connection (it means you connect to your modem via a cable)

(i will try to find a way to do this procedure without any connection)

Preparation:

open Terminal and type:

sudo lshw -class network

it will shows you the model of your network card.

Step 1

open Terminal and type:

1-

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source

2- Reboot

Your Wifi should be now detected

note: as you see , since we type "apt-update" we need an active internet connection , so the wired connection requirement.



step 2

since we removed the faulty driver we will update the system

1- Open Terminal and type

apt-get updates

then

apt-get dist-upgrade

2- reboot

it may take some time.



Final note:

depending your system/distro , the Driver Manager may states that the wifi driver is not enabled, even though it is, and is working..


thanks to Illumination@malwaretips.com and various sources across the net for their input.