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twgray
August 22nd, 2010, 04:50 PM
I just completed installing 10.04 on my Acer Aspire 8943G laptop. After rebooting there is no ethernet or wifi. The ethernet chipset is Atheros AR8151 and the wifi is Broadcom. Non-free driver shows to be available for the wifi, but with no network, how do I download and install?

Help!

gordintoronto
August 22nd, 2010, 07:06 PM
The easiest way to get something onto a computer with no ethernet is by using a USB flash drive, just as we used to use floppy diskettes.

Message 6 of this thread might help you:
http://georgia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9453261