Network Issues

[sparker781]

I installed Kubuntu on an external drive and things are running smoothly with the exception of my WiFi. I can't seem to get it to come up at all. Windows 10 it's fine but after the install there's nothing.

I tried a few terminal commands that I found online but I get an error saying it was invalid.

Any help is appreciated

[vinnywright]

we will at least knead to know the wireless adapter type .

in a terminal do

lspci -k

copy the part about your wireless device and paste it hear in code tags (the # button above the text input field)

VINNY

[sparker781]

I'm on my phone so all I got is this: Broadcom limited BCM4360. But the physical card is an ASUS

[vinnywright]

can you plug in a network cable for a bit you will need to DL and install some stuff .

read this ,,, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx

VINNY

[sparker781]

I just tried to open it inpackage installer and get cannot satisfy dependencies. Tried with Discover and get dependency resolution failed

[vinnywright]

I just tried to open it inpackage installer and get cannot satisfy dependencies. Tried with Discover and get dependency resolution failed

ya don't do that ,,,,I am assuming you down loaded some thing ,,,,use the command line and

apt install some package

which one did you go with and where did you get it .

VINNY

[sparker781]

Vinnywright

From this: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2159851

[vinnywright]

Vinnywright

From this: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2159851

if you tryed the .deb linked to in that post ,,,,,it is VARY old and I am not surprised it did not want to install ,,,it is for Ubuntu 13.10

you did not say what ver of Kubuntu you are on ,,,,but if you hard wire your box to get Internet and do

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt search Broadcom
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
b43-fwcutter/artful 1:019-3 amd64
 utility for extracting Broadcom 43xx firmware

bcmwl-kernel-source/artful 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu3 amd64
 Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driver source

broadcom-sta-common/artful,artful 6.30.223.271-7 all
 Common files for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver

broadcom-sta-dkms/artful,artful 6.30.223.271-7 all
 dkms source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver

broadcom-sta-source/artful,artful 6.30.223.271-7 all
 Source for the Broadcom STA Wireless driver

firmware-b43-installer/artful,artful 1:019-3 all
 firmware installer for the b43 driver

firmware-b43legacy-installer/artful,artful 1:019-3 all
 firmware installer for the b43legacy driver

you will find the files for your system ,,,,,I dont have any Broadcom hardware so have never had to do this ,,,but you need to research and install one of these with apt , IE:

sudo apt install some package

VINNY