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wifi not working on new install - onebyone - 09-03-2025

hi there! I've installed Linux lite on a Toshiba satellite laptop and am having trouble getting the WiFi working, im rather new to Linux but have tried a few things but this time I've been beat (managed to get i all working on a different laptop!)

using the lshw -C network command its come up with the below....

*-network UNCLAIMED
      description: Network controller
      product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
      vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
      physical id: 0
      bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
      version: 01
      width: 64 bits
      clock: 33MHz
      capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
      configuration: latency=0
      resources: memory:f2b00000-f2b07fff


and after using inxi -N

Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
  Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: N/A


ive tried installing the driver through the device manager and it said it was using one but apparently it isn't!


Anyway any help would be massively appreciated and i hope ive put at least a little bit of useful information here!

thanks in advance!

RE: wifi not working on new install - stevef - 09-04-2025

Quote:have tried a few things
To avoid duplication of effort, can you tell us what you've tried and what the outcomes were ?
Quote:ive tried installing the driver through the device manager and it said it was using one but apparently it isn't!
Can you clarify please ?

Quote:network UNCLAIMED
Is a worry - it might get complicated, but we can start with some basics

Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T together.
In the window that opens type or paste in these commands followed by enter each time
Code:
rfkill
Code:
inxi -n
Please post back the outcome.

RE: wifi not working on new install - onebyone - 09-04-2025

thanks steve, your hlp is super apreciated!

i followed a tutorial yesterday to try and sort it, but to no avail.... illl try and find it again if that's helpful as i cant remember exactly what was going on there!

but here is the results of what you got me to do in terminal

 linuxlite  ~  rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD
0 bluetooth Toshiba Bluetooth unblocked unblocked
1 bluetooth hci0 unblocked unblocked
 linuxlite  ~  inxi -n
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:8c:fa:88:59:ef
Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n driver: N/A
 linuxlite  ~ 

RE: wifi not working on new install - stevef - 09-04-2025

Quote:illl try and find it again if that's helpful as i cant remember exactly what was going on there!
Yes, it would help if we knew what steps you have already tried and what effect any changes you made had.
Did you reverse the steps that didn't work etc.

Still need clarification on what you mean by this...
Quote:ive tried installing the driver through the device manager and it said it was using one but apparently it isn't!
What exactly is 'device manager' and what driver does the device manager say it was using ?

It would also to help to know a bit about the installation.
You've reported your version as 7.4.
Which version of Linux Lite live media did you install from initially ? Could be 7.0, 7.2 or 7.4 perhaps.
Did you confirm wifi worked from the live media boot before installing to disk ?
Did wifi work after the installation/first boot (before any upgrades were applied) ?