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Sam
Asked: 2012-05-11 21:51:57 +0800 CST

How do I enable wireless on a Dell Vostro 3400

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I am using Dell Vostro 3400 PC. Previously I was running Ubuntu 11.10 version . Recenty I have upgraded it to 12.04 version. The sad part is wireless is disabled now and I am unable to connect internet.

How to enable wireless?

wireless dell 12.04 dell-vostro

1 Answers

  1. Actually I followed 2 step to enable wireless in my PC

    • Step 1 : Removed the bcmwl-kernel-source package 

      sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source

    • Step 2 : Installed the firmware-b43-installer package.

      sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

    And then rebooted my PC .

    Finally got my work done. :)

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