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I downloaded ubuntu version 16.04 today and I'm having trouble installing my internal wifi card. It is Linksys Wireless-G 2.4ghz PCI Adapter. Model No.: WMP54GS.

I have spent several hours online trying to look how to get wifi I would appreciate any help

edwinksl
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Kevin Arriaga
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With a temporary internet connection by ethernet, tethered or whatever means possible, open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Reboot.

chili555
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A number of users have reported success by using the Ubuntu's Additional Drivers.

You can use this by going to:

Additional Drivers

System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers -> [Select the Best Match and Apply Changes]

Alternatively you could use the distributed Windows drivers via Ubuntu's ndiswrapper.

The steps for this is:

Using Windows Drivers via ndiswrapper

Install the ndiswrapper modules:

$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-dkms ndisgtk ndiswrapper-common
$ sudo apt-get install  ndiswrapper-source ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

Activate the ndiswrapper:

$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Load the driver into the ndiswrapper: Navigate to where you saved the driver (look at grab latest drivers in the section below):

$ sudo ndiswrapper -i [driver]  # (named something similar to "bcmwlhigh5.ini" 
  # (Add the ndiswrapper modules to the boot configuration) 
$ sudo ndiswrapper -m

More details can be found at: http://faq.apollo3.com/ljames/ubuntu/networksupport/

L. D. James
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