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On 28/10/10 15:39, Neil Winchurst wrote:
They can only search for so many different devices on an install - testing for each device can take a few minutes so they just test for a limited set - your Broadcom is probably sooo yesterday and/or proprietary. If you'd upgraded rather than installed it would have noticed it was already there.On 27/10/10 17:43, Rob Beard wrote:Thanks for your help. I have solved it now. I logged on to my laptop using my Ethernet connection. Then I went Menu --> System --> Hardware Drivers. I waited for the computer to find the drivers. There I found the Broadcom 43 driver. I clicked on the Activate button and let it all happen. The computer downloaded and installed all the relevant files and now my wifi is working, better than ever.I have a feeling that the Broadcom BCM 4318 is your wifi card and may need a firmware or proprietary driver. I'm in the process of fixing a laptop for a friend which also has a Broadcom wifi card (not sure if it's the same one mind) and when booting in Ubuntu 10.04 it comes up with a message saying that something is required, I think it may be a restricted driver. This forum post covers this particular card on Ubuntu 10.04 (which I believe Mint 9 is based on): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1507981 Doing a search on Ubuntu 10.10 I find that there is a package firmware-b43-installer in the repositories which is an installer package for the firmware for this wifi card although on the forum post someone suggests installing b43-fwcutter. Of course to download these packages you'll need to plug your machine into a wired network connection (the Realtek 8139 wired ethernet should be supported out of the box). Hope this helps. RobWhich leaves me with just one question - why wasn't this driver installed automatically at installation? Strange!Best regards Neil
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