Wifi Driver Problems

General Help
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I just downloaded Zorin 17 and I'm having Wi-Fi problems i have a Broadcom Wi-Fi card on a hp ProBook g3 for some reason it doesnt connect in settings

thanks

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Hi, and welcome.

Please search for Terminal in search bar of menu and press Enter to launch. Once in terminal enter:

sudo lshw -C network

and post back the results please. Note that you will need to enter your login password after entering the comnand, as 'sudo' is equivalent to 'Run as Administrator' in that other OS.

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Welcome to the Forum!

Did You take a Look in the ''Additional Drivers'' Tab in Software & Updates if there is a Driver offered?

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Yes, I enabled it, and it still doesn't work.

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   description: Ethernet interface
   product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
   vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
   logical name: enp1s0
   version: 15
   serial: a0:8c:fd:29:ea:b7
   capacity: 1Gbit/s
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
   configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=6.8.0-57-generic firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
   resources: irq:16 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f1004000-f1004fff memory:f1000000-f1003fff

*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=bcma-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f1100000-f1107fff

Here is what i got from the
sudo lshw -C network command in terminal

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I wonder if anything here from linux mint forum thread can help you: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=422358

I am assuming in your BIOS that Secure Boot and Fast Boot are set = disabled.

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Let me check

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secure boot and fast boot was on turned i turned it off let me check if that helped

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Broadcom cards often use proprietary drivers.
While the end user can install these at will; distributions are barred from including proprietary software by default.
Using the Ethernet or a phone as hotspot, have you tried

sudo apt update && sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source

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I think let me try again
but if that doesnt work just download drivers online?

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The command gave me a
unable to locate package bcwml-kernel-source
it also failed to fetch some of the index files
im a idiot let me do that on ethernet

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Ok i did it with ethernet this time and it said something about not getting a lock

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If you haven't got a lock it means you are trying to install something or performing some other task that is running a 'sudo' command? Also make sure that your Software Sources for Updates are changed to Main Server not your country server as updates are slow to come through on those.

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Only one package management can be run at a time. So close Software Store, Software Updater, Synaptic or another terminal with a running command still in it.

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ok i will try it

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did it with everything else closed it said
unable to locate package

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Ok maybe you need the broadcom installer. Try

sudo apt install b43-fwcutter

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ok ill try it and lyk

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That worked tysm

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