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    Network manager / Broadcom 4306

    Please help me im a complete linux noob and have spent the last 5 days working on getting wifi to work. I know a few commands but im not entirely sure what to do. My network Manager sees my home router but when I click to connect the wifi symbol in system tray pulses repeatedly and will switch back over to ethernet symbol.

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    What encryption is your WiFi pass? Are you using the desktop version or the server version with the desktop GUI installed? I'm still abit new to this too but I know some things that have helped me work with Ubuntu on other PCs/laptops

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    Ok what I know, I am using Ubuntu 12.04lts Desktop I have a Broadcom 4306 rev.2 device, (I believe) correctly installed b43legacy firmware installer, I can see my wifi network but it just keeps acting like its going to connect then disconnects. The router is unsecured for the time being while i try to fix it connecting to begin with then move onto encrypted network.

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    I have an AcerAspireOne 725 netbook with an Atheros 9485 chip and I have the same problem. I tried a WiFi dongle (Realteck chip) and it did not work either. I have searched the internet and as of yet found a solution. The WiFi will come on but it NEVER connects to my wireless router. My Laptop does fine and my wife's Kindle Fire does fine, just the netbook has the problem.
    Using POP!_OS 20.04, which is basically Ubuntu 20.04 with some help from System76.

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    I apologize I left out that i have the 32-bit os system.

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    Hi,please disconnect your wired ethernet cable
    and then try to connect to a wireless access point.
    *IF that doesnt work, then reconnect the ethernet cable.
    open a terminal ctrl/alt/t....Copy and paste the following
    one line at a time,post the results..
    Code:
    lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
    lsmod
    rfkill list all
    cat /etc/network/interfaces
    thanks.
    Craving anchovy, herring and squid pizza.....with clam sauce

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    Code:
    01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11bg Wireless Network Controller [14e4:4325] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Microsoft Corporation Wireless PCI Adapter MN-730 [1414:0004]
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: ssb
    --
    02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:2a6f]
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
    Code:
    Module                  Size  Used by
    b43                   364596  0 
    bcma                   39810  1 b43
    nls_utf8               12493  1 
    udf                    84660  1 
    bnep                   17852  2 
    rfcomm                 38400  12 
    parport_pc             27612  0 
    ppdev                  12849  0 
    nvidia               8503151  29 
    binfmt_misc            17292  1 
    snd_hda_codec_realtek    65004  1 
    snd_hda_intel          38819  3 
    snd_hda_codec         118613  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
    snd_hwdep              13276  1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_pcm                85934  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
    snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
    snd_rawmidi            25157  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq                51593  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
    coretemp               13324  0 
    snd_timer              28931  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    snd_seq_device         14137  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
    kvm_intel             127786  0 
    joydev                 17329  0 
    kvm                   384557  1 kvm_intel
    btusb                  17951  0 
    snd                    57014  15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
    bluetooth             211435  24 bnep,rfcomm,btusb
    psmouse                82769  0 
    gpio_ich               13278  0 
    drm                   233935  2 nvidia
    soundcore              12600  1 snd
    snd_page_alloc         18398  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    serio_raw              13031  0 
    mac_hid                13077  0 
    microcode              18433  0 
    lpc_ich                17048  0 
    arc4                   12509  2 
    b43legacy             117994  0 
    ssb                    51554  2 b43,b43legacy
    mac80211              541819  2 b43,b43legacy
    cfg80211              453853  3 b43,b43legacy,mac80211
    lp                     17455  0 
    parport                40930  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
    hid_generic            12484  0 
    usbhid                 46125  0 
    hid                    83037  2 hid_generic,usbhid
    usb_storage            48053  0 
    firewire_ohci          35914  0 
    firewire_core          62086  1 firewire_ohci
    crc_itu_t              12627  2 udf,firewire_core
    ahci                   25631  3 
    libahci                26336  1 ahci
    r8169                  62532  0
    Code:
    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
    1: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
    Code:
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    Hi, bit of an oddball you have there..BCM4306 [14e4:4325]
    give this a try..
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer
    sudo modprobe b43
    improvment??
    Craving anchovy, herring and squid pizza.....with clam sauce

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    Code:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    b43-fwcutter is already the newest version.
    firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    When I tried to run sudo modprobe b43 it started a new line seemingly no response.

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    Re: Please help network manager wont connect to wifi nothing I try works.

    Is there any update on this?

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