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Re: [LUG] Mint 9 and wifi (SOLVED)

 

This looked hopeful with Broadcom 
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Broadcom-releases-open-source-wireless-driver-for-Linux-1076567.html

On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 17:33 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 28/10/10 15:39, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for your help. I have solved it now. I logged on to my laptop
> > using my Ethernet connection. Then I went Menu --> System --> Hardware
> > Drivers. I waited for the computer to find the drivers. There I found
> > the Broadcom 43 driver. I clicked on the Activate button and let it all
> > happen. The computer downloaded and installed all the relevant files and
> > now my wifi is working, better than ever.
> >
> > Which leaves me with just one question - why wasn't this driver
> > installed automatically at installation? Strange!
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Neil
> >
> 
> If I understand correctly restricted drivers aren't included on the CD 
> generally as there's so many different ones (plus firmware for different 
> devices).  Some of these drivers can be quite big, for instance NVidia 
> and ATI video drivers.
> 
> I guess they figure at a minimum you'll have wired Ethernet which you 
> can use to retrieve the drivers.
> 
> Rob
> 
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