Wifi doesn't work

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Wifi doesn't work

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10-12-2016, 10:36 AM (This post was last modified: 10-12-2016, 10:54 AM by m654321.)

(01-08-2016, 01:30 PM)Joseph link Wrote: enter in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source

Have to do this every time I updgrade Linux Lite on our Dell Latitude D620s for work.
Hope this helps

Hi Joseph,

My Dell Lattitude D630 (setup4 in sig below) has the iwl3945 driver installed - the WiFi works but speed is slow at 54 Mb/s. Instead, I use a wired connection, as this is faster at 100Mb/s. Does the firmware-b43-installer improve on either of these speeds? I can imagine that it doesn't, given the 10-years-old age of this PC. Just for comparison with less old PCs (in sig) running LL, WiFi speeds for the other setups are either 150 Mb/s (setup2) or 300 Mb/s (setups 1&3).

Regards
Mike

64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work

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