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I have tried many solutions found in aksubuntu, but no luck in getting the wireless to work on this computer. The wired connection works. Below is the wireless information.

01:01.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 
    Subsystem: Linksys WMP54GS v1.1 802.11g Wireless-G PCI Adapter with SpeedBooster 
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22 
    Memory at feafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] 
    Kernel driver in use: wl 
    Kernel modules: wl, ssb

All available updates were downloaded and installed 09/01/13. The b43 cutter and installer were tried and the placing of the '#' in front of the blacklisted bcm43xx has been tried (# bcm43xx). Hardinfo was installed also. I am new to Linux, but I am determined to learn all that I can to get this computer fully functional on this os.

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Chris
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  • Welcome to Ask Ubuntu Chris! You said "I have tried many solutions found on AskUbuntu". Please, always mention the links to the questions or the exact steps you have taken, to avoid others providing you with a solution that you've already tried. Thanks. – Alaa Ali Sep 03 '13 at 06:59

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You need an ethernet connection then please do:

sudo apt-get purge --remove bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree
sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe -r ssb
sudo modprobe ssb
sudo modprobe b43

This should be blacklisted.

blacklist bcm43xx

Edit: Also

blacklist wl
Wild Man
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  • I have done the above instructions. sudo modprobe b43 is supposed to turn the driver on? I unplugged the ethernet cable, but no wireless. I can supply a copy of the results of the above instructions if that is necessary. – Chris Sep 02 '13 at 19:57
  • It is safe to run it was written by me and some good friends it will help diagnose your wireless issue. Paste this command in a terminal wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script It will download a script and create a file named (wireless-info.txt, or wireless-info.txt.tar.gz) in your home folder paste the file here http://pastebin.com/ then paste the link back here. – Wild Man Sep 02 '13 at 19:58
  • I have done the above instructions. Here is the link: /home/trpbuktoreed/wireless_script. Also, chmod read: chmod: cannot access 'wireless': No such file or directory. – Chris Sep 02 '13 at 20:26
  • Did you run the command all at once? You copy the whole thing then hit enter and it will create wireless-info.txt, or wireless-info.txt.tar.gz file in your home folder. Then paste the file on pastebin.com and the link here. – Wild Man Sep 02 '13 at 20:32
  • Yes, I did run it all at once. I copied it and pasted it and ran it a second time; it looks correct now and the link is: /home/trpbuktoreed/wireless-info.txt – Chris Sep 02 '13 at 20:53
  • The link is not click-able, I suspect you can only access it on your computer. Open the file then click on http://pastebin.com/ and paste the contents of the file there then post the link to the file from pastebin here. Thanks – Wild Man Sep 02 '13 at 21:05
  • I made an error in the first time I ran it. Also, you may rather have this link as an url: http://pastebin.com/V7qxvqP4 – Chris Sep 02 '13 at 21:08
  • I open the file and copied the contents and then pasted it, submitted it to pastebin.com. Here is the url: http://pastebin.com/knRb8xbn – Chris Sep 02 '13 at 21:17
  • I edited the answer a little, please try it now. You still have the wl driver and it is the wrong driver for your device. Please post all the output from those commands to pastebin so we can see if there is any error's then post the link here. Thanks – Wild Man Sep 02 '13 at 23:19
  • I copied from the terminal to pastebin; the terminal seems to hang on the sudo modprobe instructions. Here is the url: http://pastebin.com/hHLLX3Z2 – Chris Sep 03 '13 at 00:44
  • Post lsmod to pastebin please. – Wild Man Sep 03 '13 at 01:36
  • I have run lsmod; the url is: http://pastebin.com/YX7VC7HL – Chris Sep 03 '13 at 06:24
  • Have you blacklisted the wl driver? Please try one more time I added a little more commands. It should work if it does not then I am out of ideas. – Wild Man Sep 03 '13 at 13:37
  • @gertvdijk, this is not a duplicate of the 3.8 kernel he is using the 3.2 kernel. Thanks – Wild Man Sep 03 '13 at 13:44
  • I have added the blacklist wl line and removed the # in front of the blacklist bcm43xx; there are 2 blacklist lines and saved; rebooted with ethernet cable out. Wireless is working though it still shows connecting to pastebin, though pastebin window displays. Ran lsmod and pasted it here: http://pastebin.com/S8EtnBfG. Check it to see if all is right. Will this work with a TP-Link Archer C7 router (not my router, but in an office)? – Chris Sep 03 '13 at 22:22
  • Reboot and see if the wl driver stops loading if not we will have to try another method. It should connect to another router but it depends on the settings. – Wild Man Sep 03 '13 at 22:35
  • Rebooted and wireless is working with this website and pastebin loaded. I guess the wl driver has stopped loading? Ran lsmod; looks different again; here is the url: http://pastebin.com/3G1b7C2d – Chris Sep 04 '13 at 00:47
  • Looks good! If it will let you please accept this answer so it will help other people. Thanks – Wild Man Sep 04 '13 at 02:18