Fixing wireless driver problems for Dell Inspiron 9300

**richard72** · July 17th, 2014

Hi,

I am a new (and inexperienced) LUBUNTU user. I am trying to activate my wireless card. I have interrogated the system using:

Code:

lspci -nn -d 14e4

System responds :

Code:

03.00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corp BCM4309 802.11abg wireless Network Controller [14e4:4324] (rev 03)

Then enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

System asks for password ? Upon entering any character system freezes. I would appreciate any assistance I can get. Thanks

**QIII** · July 17th, 2014

Hello!

When you say that the system freezes, do you mean that no characters appear in the terminal when you start typing your password?

**richard72** · July 17th, 2014

That's right.

**QIII** · July 17th, 2014

That is a security feature of most Linux distros.

Your keystrokes are being accepted, but nothing is echoed in the terminal. Just enter your password carefully and press enter.

**varunendra** · July 17th, 2014

..However, a simple update won't fix the wifi problem for this card -

Originally Posted by richard72

Code:

03.00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corp BCM4309 802.11abg wireless Network Controller [14e4:4324] (rev 03)

You will need to install the firmware for this card, the easy and simple method for which is here : http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=13039309

If the first command "apt-get purge..." suggested in the post returns any errors, you can safely ignore it and move to the next two commands. The driver will work automatically after a reboot.

**richard72** · July 17th, 2014

Thanks. The driver appears to work OK. Have connected with network after switching hardware on and configuring "hidden network" option. Thanks again for your help.