[SOLVED] WiFi icon not found after initial installation

I just finished installing Zorin OS 7. My Ethernet is working. I don't see the WiFi icon available on the lower right corner to connect wireless. Anyone knows how to activate this feature? Thanks

Hi,

open Synaptic > Settings > Repositories > Additional drivers and see if there are any drivers for your Wifi device listed there, if there are, activate them.

You can also enter the following commands in a terminal to see what hardware you have listed:

Code:

lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

and paste the output here!.

Let us know what happens.

Regards Wolfman

If you unplug the ethernet cable, what icon do you get? The icon of the wireless is in the same place where the icon of the ethernet is. According to where you are connected, you get the respective icon.
Maybe your wireless card needs the correct firmware/drivers to be enabled.
Please post back the results of the commands requested by Wolfman above.

Hi All,

Thanks for your quick suggestion. I am using a Compaq Mini 110C-1105DX netbook. My WiFi works in my Windows 7 partition. I have tried unplugging the Ethernet cable and Zorin OS7 told me that I am disconnected and does not give me an alternative for Wireless connection. It acts like it does not see my WiFi hardware. No, I have not use the command lines to see my hardware as suggested by Wolfman. I will try that next.

Previously, I had used Linux Mint 13 and it has no problem seeing my Wireless hardware. Any other suggestions will be appreciated. If my wireless connection will not work, I may switch it back to Linux Mint.

Thanks

As we requested, please post back the result of the following terminal commands

lspci -nn | grep 0280
lsusb
lshw -c network
sudo rfkill list all

Hi,

you say you have no internet at all!, did you check the network icon on the panel that network is enabled?, left click on the network icon and check:


Regards Wolfman

Here are the results from the commands
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me3@me3-Compaq-Mini-110c-1100:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0280
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
me3@me3-Compaq-Mini-110c-1100:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 10f1:1a13 Importek
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 045e:00f9 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
me3@me3-Compaq-Mini-110c-1100:~$ lshw -c network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
PCI (sysfs)
suser
sysf
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:feafc000-feafffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 18:a9:05:8e:85:35
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.1-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.149 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:44 memory:febc0000-febfffff ioport:ec80(size=128)
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
me3@me3-Compaq-Mini-110c-1100:~$ sudo rfkill list all
[sudo] password for me3:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for me3:
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
me3@me3-Compaq-Mini-110c-1100:~$ lshw -c network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.

Hi,

did you open synaptic as asked before and did you update your system fully?:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Then check as I told you before in Synaptic in the "Additional Drivers" tab as to whether or not there are drivers listed, your Wifi model should be supported!!. (Madvinegar will help more there!).

Regards Wolfman

Indeed it is supported.
Your wireless card is:
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
But, you have the wrong firmware loaded for it. You have loaded the b43-pci-bridge driver, while you need the wl driver.

With the ethernet cable plugged in so as to have internet connection, open terminal (ctrl+alt+T) and give the following commands:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

You should see the blue light of your wifi spring to life.

Otherwise, as WM correctly suggested, you could also go to additional drivers, and enable the recomended STA broadcom driver. You may need to restart.

Hi All,

Apparently, the Wireless software package was not installed originally. I have selected all the wireless package. Now it is working. Thanks for all of your help and suggestion. I wonder why version 7 did not include the wireless package in the build.

Hi Everyone

Thanks for all of your help and suggestion. My wireless connection is working now.