I guess they did forget to say plug in an ethernet cable and do the apt-get, but very few people wouldnt know to do that. Sponsored How to Install WiFi driver for Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device in GNULinux Distros. Sudo cp BCM43142A0-0a5c-21d7.For that lets make use of the lspci command as follows: lspci -nn grep -i network If you are having the Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi device then you will get an output somewhat like follows: 0d:00.0 Network controller 0280: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11bgn 14e4:4365 (rev 01) If you get the above output then we are good to continue. It will tell the name and file its looking for. The RAMUSB21D7 is what I need to search next in the inf file (it is the device's description).Īnd this is my result: RAMUSB21D7 Īnd the hex file I shall use is BCM43142A0_001.001. Extract this into home directory. The USB/VID&PID is what I get on lsusb: capital(0a5c:21d7).

Searching for 21D7 (note the capital D instead of 'd') I get this: inf file that instructs windows what to install. How can I get the right one for me? The trick is to investigate the. So I have the id of the chip: 0a5c:21d7 and a bunch of the hex files from the downloaded archive. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0įrom which 0a5c:21d7 should be remembered.Īfter searching for bluetooth drivers in Google I have chosen this download: My output for example: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp.

I read some answers and this is the gist of it:

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