Ubuntu Mate failed to install Broadcom Wireless Adapter

[mdooley]

Please read this tip concerning Broadcom drivers -

Broadcom wireless tip

This may be of some help if you have a Broadcom wireless chip in your laptop. This has been used countless times when I’ve installed Ubuntu on my own and my friend’s laptops. In terminal, first do sudo lshw -class network then lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4 to find out if there is a Broadcom (BCM4311) controller. If you have access to an ethernet connection, then do the following: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source sudo reboot A…