Thanks Stephen. That solved the problem. ------------------ On Thu, January 10, 2019 9:45 am, Stephen Partington wrote: > This thread seems to cover your situation. > https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2255644 > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 9:32 AM Joe Lowder wrote: > > >> I finally got Linux Mint 18.1 installed on a >> Thinkpad T430u (it should not be this hard) >> but now I cannot get wifi connected. >> >> Todd gave me some good tips, and I've searched >> the 'net and found more tips, but still stuck. >> >> From https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/796 >> I got this much: >> >> >> command: lspci -vnn | grep 1434 >> >> >> result: >> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 >> 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359] >> Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:0607] >> >> >> I was then advised to check the driver support table at >> linuxwireless.org (which is a non-existent website. >> >> The "tip" said: "Once you confirm that your WLAN device is >> supported, install the driver by running this command": >> >> sudo apt-get install firmware-b43installer >> >> Tried that and the result indicated that the driver was >> installed ....... but now what? >> >> How can I get this wifi connection to work? >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss