Can get wierless working, no networks showing

[funkytwig]

Hi, I recomended a friend swithched from Ubuntu to Mint. Wierless has always worked well but now in Mint 14 no networks ar showing up. Looking at forums seems the following may help.

In 'Wierless Connections' there is nothing under the Wierless tab,

ben@Pi ~ $ inxi -SNx
System: Host: Pi Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 10:00.0
Card-2: Intel 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection driver: e1000e ver: 2.0.0-k port: 4020 bus-ID: 00:19.0

ben@Pi ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GME965/GLE960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)

Ben

[remoulder]

You will need to install the Broadcom firmware for which you will need a temporary cabled internet connection. Once you have this open a terminal and enter

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apt install firmware-b43-installer

If a cabled connection is out of the question, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#b43_-_No_Internet_access and follow the instructions for b43 (12.04 Precise Pangolin)

[funkytwig]

Thanks for your quick response, installed package but still no joy:(.

Had a wire so installing it was easy.

I did reboot.

Ben

[remoulder]

In 'Wierless Connections' there is nothing under the Wierless tab

This is not where you see available networks, you need to click on the network icon in the system tray/panel.