My best luck has been, plug it into a wired connection to start with. Then go turn on the 'proprietary drivers', and update your repositories again with
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade then you can probably either manually enable the right drivers or it will be recognized automatically. Now disconnect your wired connection, configure your wireless, and have fun! On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Grant Devinney <grantdevin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, I installed Ubuntu on my old dell laptop and the proprietary > drivers aren't supported by ubuntu. I was wondering if anyone had a work > around? The wireless nic is "Broadcom Corporation: Wireless 1510 Wireless-N > WLAN Mini-Card" > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ><> ... Jack "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
