I finally got it to work (Broadcom 4306). I'm accessing the Internet wirelessly as I type and on Mint. No security on the router/modem though.but I'll now go look at that. My VERY sincere thanks to zolly - essetee - eohman (for starting the ball rolling) and scorp123 (especially for not flaming me after my post last night!). I was tired and I apologise for you getting the 'bad' post. The final 'set up' that worked was a combination of stuff from two different posts: The first one from zolly at the start of this one.

Windows 10 Acer Aspire 5100 Drivers I have an Acer Aspire 5103WLMi, around 8 years old, cast aside by a young relative. The hardware is ok, apart from the dead battery which I had to remove eventually because it prevented booting. Acer: Aspire 5600. PCI ID, Works? Vendor, Device, Driver, Kernel. 808627a0, Yes, Intel Corporation, Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express.

And, the post started by eohman.plus my own bit via this router. When I've got everything jotted down I will post and show exactly how 'we' achieved it. Once again, thank you very much.Mint (and its team) now rocks.completely.

Regards, Pete. Here's how I finally managed to get the card working: To set a Broadcom 4306 chipped wi-fi card up in Mint Linux: I connected my PC to my router/modem with an Ethernet cable first, to connect to the Internet. Ensure you have 'bcm43xx-fwcutter' and 'wlassistant' downloaded and installed. To do this: System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager. You'll be asked for your password.

Click 'Search' and type the name into the box. When the program (bcm43xx-fwcutter) is found, mark it for installation, by clicking into the small box to the left of the file name. Asbabun nuzul lengkap pdf merger. A menu appears with 'Mark for installation' showing. Now click the large green tick to apply it (download/install). Repeat the above for the second program (wlassistant). Open a Terminal and type: sudo /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh Now download the Firmware (Driver?) from here: Unpack it in your home dir ( tar xjvf bcm-firmware.tar.bz2 ) Copy the files from the directory broadcom-wireless-firmware to /lib/firmware.

Cd broadcom-wireless-firmware sudo cp * /lib/firmware/ When that's done, go to: System->Administration->Windows Wireless Drivers->Install New Driver Click Install New driver and then click the folder icon to navigate to the broadcom-wireless-firmware folder. Double click this to open it and select the 'bcmwl5.inf' file at the bottom of the list. It appears in a window to the left and says Hardware present: No I found this strange.but there you go. Open a Terminal again and type: sudo modprobe bcm43xx sudo wlassistant Note: If you try to run Wireless Assistant from the menu i.e.