I have seen lots of people facing the problem of WiFi Driver support to the Debian based system like Ubuntu.
The Following is the solution to the problem.
step 1) Open terminal
step 2) type lspci -nnk | grep -i network -A2 command in the terminal to know the network controller information
if the driver network controller Provider is Broadcom Corporation the output will be like below
or else if the network controller provider is Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd then the output will be like below
STEPS TO FOLLOW FOR BROADCOM CORPORATION CONTROLLER:
Broadcom Wireless driver can be installed using Additional Drivers application in Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04.
To Open Additional Driver Application
If your using Unity then goto dashhome and search for Additional Drivers, then open it. Check the screen shot below.
Others, goto System->Administration->Additional Drivers. Check the screen shot below.
Once you open the application it will search for the available drivers, for your machine. Check the screen shot below.
After searching it will show you a list of drivers available for your machine, check the screen shot below.
From the list select Broadcom Wireless Driver and click on the Activate button. Provide password for the user when prompted
Once it finish installing the driver, Restart your system.
After restarting your system the driver is activated and you can use the wireless network.
Supported Driver
Broadcom STA Wireless driver
This package contains Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless driverfor use with Broadcom’s BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-,BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-basedhardware.
Broadcom B43 Wireless driver
This package installs the firmware needed for usage of the b43 kerneldriver. Supported chipsets:- BCM4312 (with Low-Power aka LP-PHY)
you are done with the installation
STEPS TO FOLLOW FOR REALTEK NETWORK ADAPTER :
STEP 1)go to
and Download the .zip file
STEP 2) unzip the rtlwifi_new-rock.new_btcoex.zip into a directory name it as rtlwifi_new-rock.new_btcoex
STEP 3) type cd rtlwifi_new-rock.new_btcoex in the terminal
STEP 4) find a file named wifi.sh
STEP 5) run the shell script in the console like sudo sh wifi.sh
STEP 6) The drivers will be installed and reboot the system after installation
Hope this will be helpful for you!!!
if you have any queries please comment below
Thank you
