Gateway M320 onboard WiFi not working -SOLVED

[ortega52]

Hi,

I am sure that this question has already been ask, I have an old laptop, and recently have installed Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia - Cinnamon (32 bit). The on-board Wi-Fi is not eve been detected or present under Network connections. I have read few post here and there to no avail, any help is much appreciated. This laptop had XP prior the installation of Mint, fully functional. I have also try an external WiFi via USB, no issues there.


Update 04/09/18:

I have been going at it for the few days, quite a bit of research which was awesome and very educational. The bottom line, I found the driver for my wireless card and how to install it on "Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers" by Luis Alvarado - Ask Ubuntu.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/i ... ss-drivers

Thank you all and Good Luck.

[kc1di]

Hello ortega52 and welcome to Linux Mint Forums,

Your card needs drivers. if you can hook up a Ethernet connect go to the driver manager found under Administration in the menu then install the recommended driver.
If you can not do a Ethernet connection you'll have to download the driver from another machine and install it manually.
I believe the correct driver for you machine is the firmware-b43-installer.

Good Luck.

[ortega52]

Hi kc1di,

Thank you for coming to the rescue, I believe I found the answer to my wireless issue at the same you were posting a reply, no matter. I sincerely appreciate your time and help.

[kc1di]

Your Welcome, Glad you got it going , what did you have to do? so others may be helped.