I am new to using Linux Distro. I have used ubuntu a few times but not all that much. I wanted to mess around with it some other stuff and found Zorin OS 9 Lite and installed it on an old laptop I had (ASUS Aspire 5000). I am having issues with getting the wiFi Drivers to work. I have used the tool "Additional Drivers" and it had found the WiFi drivers and I selected the driver to use and then restarted but nothing changed. Can anyone give me a hand in how to get the WiFi to work.
Thanks

WAX

I believe your laptop uses a Broadcom card (BCM94318MPG).

Have a look at this LQ Sticky for help:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ux-4175434970/

Just to confirm your wifi card's details, open the Terminal, type the code below, press Enter, type your password, press Enter again and let us know the output.

This is the the result

Open a terminal and type in each individual sentance. Hit enter/return key on each line when entered.

Hit enter/return
Hit enter/return
Reboot. Then try your wifi.

Also. beachboy2 link is a valid help link for your issue also

So follow beachboys2 suggestion 1st before following mine.

Your card is the Broadcom BCM4318 which requires the b43 driver and firmware.

Have a look at the link in my earlier post.

For Zorin you probably need to follow the Ubuntu instructions for Broadcom drivers and firmware:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx

I went through the steps in the link and somewhere I must have messed up. What I did.

1.Found my BCM4318 chip set steps on link page.
"b43 driver (Open-source)
For Chip ID BCM4306 (rev 03), BCM4309, BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4318, BCM4322, BCM4331, BCM43224 and BCM43225.

The open-source firmware-b43-installer package is maintained upstream by the linux kernel community. For more granular information on what is supported with your card, please see their wiki page here. Instructions to install the package may be found below."

2.followed instructions
"12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

Open a Terminal and install the bcmwl-kernel-source package:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source
Note: If you see the message "Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed" then you are missing the appropriate generic linux-header package(s).

To test the driver (and remove the need for a computer restart) use:

sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl brcmfmac brcmsmac bcma
sudo modprobe wl
Allow several seconds for the network manager to scan for available networks before attempting a connection.

The bcmwl-kernel-source package should automatically blacklist the open source drivers so that the STA driver is the only one in use."

And I got this (see attachment)

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I tried beachboys2 first as suggested. I belive I messed up somewhere with it. I just tried your way you suggested, did not work.

HOW EVER!!
I found another forum posting on Zorin Group Forum http://zoringroup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7936

followed on posting by "madvinegar" where he said to use.

sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

Your wireless should spring to life. A restart may be needed. (there is a small chance your system to freeze after the last command. Don't worry. Do a hard reboot and your wireless should be ok after the reboot).

and sure enough worked like a charm.

one thing I'm not sure about though I used all these comands before and it never worked (must have put them in a diffrent order)

Thank you for your help BeachBoy2 and Rokytnji your help was MUCH APPRECIATED

WAX

Use the thread tools on top of your 1st post to mark this thread as Solved.
Glad to see you got it sorted.

LegacyOfWax,

Glad you solved your wifi problem. Broadcom drivers can be a real pain.