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I've been at this for 3 hours and I can't figure out why it's not working! I successfully got the installer installed, but when I check for the firmware it says it's not there. My wireless device's PCI.ID is 14e4:4318 rev 02 and I cannot connect via ethernet cable. So I have to transfer the files to install.
Installing Broadcom B43 Wireless. You must go to and download the correct firmware for this driver.
There's conflicting instructions and I can't wrap my head around what's what now. I am a newbie and this is my first time with Ubuntu as well so that's likely what's wrong here! But anyway I'm going to reinstall Ubuntu fresh and try again.
Asus B43s Drivers
Is there any good newibie instructions I can follow to get my wireless card working?
EDIT
Ran the command to check the drivers and it came back with this:
It also says it is not soft blocked and not hard blocked.
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2 Answers
Please download this file and transfer it to the desktop: http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/l/linux-firmware-nonfree/linux-firmware-nonfree_1.14ubuntu1_all.debNow, open a terminal and do:
Your wireless should now be working. If it is not, please edit your question to add some diagnostics:
chili555Wireless Driver Compaq
chili555This is confirmed as working on Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit. The laptop I fixed is 32-bit, and it won't run Ubuntu 14.10.
This should also work for Ubuntu 14.10 though, and for all Broadcom cards that are supported. Almost all Broadcom cards are supported though, so cross your fingers :)
For a fresh installation, run these commands one-by-one in the terminal:
You will get no errors this time on startup, and your wireless will work. If it doesn't work, please edit your question to add the results of running some diagnostics:
karelprotected by Community♦Apr 13 at 20:02
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