wifi not working broadcom b43legacy

thanks

Okay, great! For others who may have a similar device, here’s the solution.

For BCM43142 device we’ll need the broadcom-sta driver package. Try the following steps.

Update the repos:

apt-get update

Install the driver:

apt-get install broadcom-sta-dkms

Remove conflicting drivers:

modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma

Finally, activate the new driver:

modprobe wl

That’s it.

it’s ok worked now i searched in synaptic for BCM43142 and 802.11 and installed drivers and rebooted worked fine

thanks

root@192:/home/cat# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
root@192:/home/cat#

thanks

I’ll need to see the exact model of the wifi card…

Paste the output of the following command in your output:

lspci

not worked

what i do at ubuntu or ubuntu based

sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer

Activate Additional driver and Restart your System.

did what you said nothing happened

also tried

root@192:/home/cat# apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-firmware-nonfree
root@192:/home/cat# apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
b43-fwcutter is already the newest version (1:019-3).
firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version (1:019-3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 996 not upgraded.
root@192:/home/cat# apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
firmware-b43legacy-installer is already the newest version (1:019-3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 996 not upgraded.

Hi Rubynox,

You’ll need to install a package (firmware-b43legacy-installer). Follow these steps:

Start Root Terminal (Applications -> System Tools -> Root Terminal)

Update the repos using the command below:

apt-get update

Once the process is complete, install the driver package for your device:

apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer

This should start your wifi card. Reboot your computer and see if the wifi is working or not. Let me know how it goes.

Cheers!

– Utkarsh.