I'm using Mint 18.1 with a broadcom 43142 wifi card.
When I go the terminal and type in
inxi -Fxz
this is the response I get back
- System: Host: Someone-Somewhere Kernel: 4.4.0-78-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Machine: System: HP (portable) product: HP Stream Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId
Mobo: HP model: 815E v: 32.0C Bios: Insyde v: F.04 date: 09/21/2015
CPU: Dual core Intel Celeron N3050 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 6402
clock speeds: max: 2160 MHz 1: 1554 MHz 2: 1978 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Device 22b1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Cherryview)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card Intel Device 2284 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-78-generic
Network: Card: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: wl bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: NA (-) ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: N/A size: 31.3GB
ID-2: /dev/mmcblk1 model: N/A size: 31.9GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 26G used: 24G (97%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1
ID-2: /boot size: 473M used: 114M (26%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2
ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.00GB used: 0.05GB (3%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 186 Uptime: 30 min Memory: 1221.5/1859.6MB
Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
- 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
iwconfig
- lo no wireless extensions.
wlo1 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"McDonalds Free WiFi"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:14:6A:C5:8D:30
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
sudo iwconfig wlo1 modu 11g
- Error for wireless request "Set Modulation" (8B2F) :
SET failed on device wlo1 ; Operation not supported.
iwlist wlo1 scan | grep Frequency | sort | uniq -c | sort -n
- 1 Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
What else do you need to know. I know I probably won't be back online until sometime tomorrow. Not sure when though. Figured I would get this posted while it is on my mind.