Absent wifi on live usb

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Hi again,

so, the wifi problem is solved and I am very happily set up with Linux Lite which is working very very nicely for me, on my Dell Latitude E5420.

Here is what I did, based on my scribbled notes as I went along:

My phone wifi hotspot was no use without the driver for Broadcom installed, but I installed Linux Lite os from the live usb  anyway.

I then enabled Bluetooth on my phone, made it discoverable, and set my phone's internet sharing (hotspot) to via bluetooth.

On Lite os I went to Menu (left end of Panel) > Settings > Bluetooth manager

on the window "Bluetooth Devices" I selected + added device (phone) ; paired ; trusted ; Setup > Connect > select "network access point" > "next" >  ..... "please wait .... Device added and connected successfully"

and so I was online!

I had the "Welcome to Linux Lite" screen, which gives 4 recommended steps:

1) I installed updates

2) I installed drivers - here I was offered both a Broadcom driver and a driver for Intel cpu firmware - I selected both and they installed quickly.

at this stage I was able to connect with wifi and that has worked faultlessly since.

the rest of the set-up was as recommended.

I hope that was clear, if not please ask.