wirelees activation

[jonjac]

I am running a Acer laptop travelmate 5320 I have just loaded linux mint 8. and it works ok with the ethernet cable plugged in but I cannot get it to make any sense at all on the wireless connection it has a BCM94311 card but I don't appear to have a driver for it.
it works ok on Wxp pro with the acer driver I downloaded, but I would like to know where to get a driver for linux.
any help at appreciated.
j.j

[remoulder]

a BCM94311 card but I don't appear to have a driver for it.

Look in Administration | Hardware Drivers.

[Phaedrus]

Make sure your mint has updated (using ethernet) then go
Menu>Control Centre and have a look at Hardware Drivers. You will hopefully find a driver there ready to activate.

edit..Cross posted remoulder

[GrayWizardLinux]

check this thread - Exploder helped me out and i got a linksys/broadcom going on an old dell on XFCE Mint & Gloria - I could never get this card to work. If I can get it - you should be able to.


http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=36017

Hope this helps.

I had tried an acer years ago - I actually started Mint since Barbara come to think of it and I could never get any laptop with broadcom to work - last year it did work on the dell.

I sent every laptop back and went with thinkpads and intel wireless chips and never an issues so far.

knock on wood.

Good luck.

[GrayWizardLinux]

P.S. Don't rush and try to read carefully and follow the steps.

[akaNed]

Also you might give this a shot. Picked it up from the Ubuntu forums here,

This worked for my Acer 4720z. The wireless card is a Broadcom BCM94311MCG. I performed the following steps in this order:

1. Connect the Ethernet to internet and get all updates.
2. In System->Administration->Restricted Drivers, enable the broadcom firmware.
3. Reboot

Worth a shot. I too used to fight with Broadcom drivers , then Atheros , now I have a Thinkpad....no problems

[GrayWizardLinux]

Thanks akaNed!

[akaNed]

Thanks akaNed!

Long live Lenovo

[GrayWizardLinux]

have you tried the thinkpad wireless card? I was wondering if it works. I always pay the extra if not included for the various intel wireless cards. Just curious. Might be good information to know around here.

[akaNed]

No, I also have an Intel card, the 5100 I think. I have a Thinkpad SL410. Nice machine. Not fancy, but very solid.

[GrayWizardLinux]

I am glad you mentioned the machine. how old is it? I was wondering how they were.

[akaNed]

I got it back in September. I really like it. 14" widescreen, 320GB HD, 4GB RAM, Intel graphics, blah, blah. I got it at Best Buy (not my first choice) for around $600. I'm very pleased with it so far. It used to have Windows 7, but no more It's my first Thinkpad, but it just feels solidly built, and I love the keyboard.

[GrayWizardLinux]

the thinkpad r500 I bought for my wife that runs Gloria and I am using at the present is a solid machine - more internal casing than yours from what i have been told. The keyboard is more plinkier than the other 2 thinkpad R series i had in the past. Basic model but nice machine. Now the pric is about $400 more than what I paid last year. That is why I looked at the basic celeron sl on sale now. I need my own now that I have work to do here. May be a while.

Maybe time for a Buy GrayWizard a basic thinkpad....Just kidding.....JUST Kidding.

[jonjac]

Many thanks for all the helpful replies.
I done as suggested by "greywizard" and everything clicked into place automatically

[BrianD]

excellent! glad to hear you got things working! ...please edit the topic of this thread with the "[SOLVED]" so that folks will know the problem has been resolved.

[GrayWizardLinux]

jonjac - That is fantastic. I could not live without wireless generally speaking. That is all we have in the house is laptops. My main laptop is hard-wired and never leaved my office or desk at the moment. all the others are throughout the house. and even have an old one in my shed for my garden and vineyard notes, etc.

Thank Exploder - he sent me in the right direction...