Macbook Pro wifi won't work












2















I opened xdiganose and it told me to go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware in order to download and install the wireless driver. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu and it aborted the installation saying something about an unsupported device (I should've saved the output, I'm using a late 2011 13" Macbook Pro.) Now when I try sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer I get this:



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 338 not upgraded.


What do I do?










share|improve this question





























    2















    I opened xdiganose and it told me to go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware in order to download and install the wireless driver. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu and it aborted the installation saying something about an unsupported device (I should've saved the output, I'm using a late 2011 13" Macbook Pro.) Now when I try sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer I get this:



    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 338 not upgraded.


    What do I do?










    share|improve this question



























      2












      2








      2








      I opened xdiganose and it told me to go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware in order to download and install the wireless driver. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu and it aborted the installation saying something about an unsupported device (I should've saved the output, I'm using a late 2011 13" Macbook Pro.) Now when I try sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer I get this:



      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version.
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 338 not upgraded.


      What do I do?










      share|improve this question
















      I opened xdiganose and it told me to go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware in order to download and install the wireless driver. I followed the instructions for Ubuntu and it aborted the installation saying something about an unsupported device (I should've saved the output, I'm using a late 2011 13" Macbook Pro.) Now when I try sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer I get this:



      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      firmware-b43-installer is already the newest version.
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 338 not upgraded.


      What do I do?







      wireless broadcom mac macbook-pro






      share|improve this question















      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question








      edited Jul 30 '13 at 22:25









      BuZZ-dEE

      9,315115170




      9,315115170










      asked Jul 21 '12 at 21:49









      Chris DudleyChris Dudley

      1112




      1112






















          2 Answers
          2






          active

          oldest

          votes


















          1














          You need to make sure you have the driver which is known to work with macbook pros. Since presumably your laptop is not connected to the internet, first you need to have it temporarily connected to the internet using USB.



          If you have a mobile phone which you can use as a "persnoal hotspot" temporarily, then you may connect it to your laptop by USB to get connected to the internet temporarily and in a terminal, type:




          1. sudo apt-get update

          2. sudo apt-get install -y bcmwl-kernel-source


          Hopefully this will get your wifi up and running.






          share|improve this answer

































            0














            You can install the firmware manually:



            wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
            tar xf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
            sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
            sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o


            Note that you should have kernel 3.2 or newer for the above to work. See http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ for more details.



            In this case you don't need firmware-b43-installer and can safely remove it.






            share|improve this answer























              Your Answer








              StackExchange.ready(function() {
              var channelOptions = {
              tags: "".split(" "),
              id: "89"
              };
              initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

              StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
              // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
              if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
              StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
              createEditor();
              });
              }
              else {
              createEditor();
              }
              });

              function createEditor() {
              StackExchange.prepareEditor({
              heartbeatType: 'answer',
              autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
              convertImagesToLinks: true,
              noModals: true,
              showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
              reputationToPostImages: 10,
              bindNavPrevention: true,
              postfix: "",
              imageUploader: {
              brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
              contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
              allowUrls: true
              },
              onDemand: true,
              discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
              ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
              });


              }
              });














              draft saved

              draft discarded


















              StackExchange.ready(
              function () {
              StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f166504%2fmacbook-pro-wifi-wont-work%23new-answer', 'question_page');
              }
              );

              Post as a guest















              Required, but never shown

























              2 Answers
              2






              active

              oldest

              votes








              2 Answers
              2






              active

              oldest

              votes









              active

              oldest

              votes






              active

              oldest

              votes









              1














              You need to make sure you have the driver which is known to work with macbook pros. Since presumably your laptop is not connected to the internet, first you need to have it temporarily connected to the internet using USB.



              If you have a mobile phone which you can use as a "persnoal hotspot" temporarily, then you may connect it to your laptop by USB to get connected to the internet temporarily and in a terminal, type:




              1. sudo apt-get update

              2. sudo apt-get install -y bcmwl-kernel-source


              Hopefully this will get your wifi up and running.






              share|improve this answer






























                1














                You need to make sure you have the driver which is known to work with macbook pros. Since presumably your laptop is not connected to the internet, first you need to have it temporarily connected to the internet using USB.



                If you have a mobile phone which you can use as a "persnoal hotspot" temporarily, then you may connect it to your laptop by USB to get connected to the internet temporarily and in a terminal, type:




                1. sudo apt-get update

                2. sudo apt-get install -y bcmwl-kernel-source


                Hopefully this will get your wifi up and running.






                share|improve this answer




























                  1












                  1








                  1







                  You need to make sure you have the driver which is known to work with macbook pros. Since presumably your laptop is not connected to the internet, first you need to have it temporarily connected to the internet using USB.



                  If you have a mobile phone which you can use as a "persnoal hotspot" temporarily, then you may connect it to your laptop by USB to get connected to the internet temporarily and in a terminal, type:




                  1. sudo apt-get update

                  2. sudo apt-get install -y bcmwl-kernel-source


                  Hopefully this will get your wifi up and running.






                  share|improve this answer















                  You need to make sure you have the driver which is known to work with macbook pros. Since presumably your laptop is not connected to the internet, first you need to have it temporarily connected to the internet using USB.



                  If you have a mobile phone which you can use as a "persnoal hotspot" temporarily, then you may connect it to your laptop by USB to get connected to the internet temporarily and in a terminal, type:




                  1. sudo apt-get update

                  2. sudo apt-get install -y bcmwl-kernel-source


                  Hopefully this will get your wifi up and running.







                  share|improve this answer














                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer








                  edited Jan 26 at 16:58









                  Pablo Bianchi

                  2,79821533




                  2,79821533










                  answered Apr 7 '18 at 18:31









                  Reza RahemiReza Rahemi

                  17512




                  17512

























                      0














                      You can install the firmware manually:



                      wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                      tar xf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                      sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
                      sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o


                      Note that you should have kernel 3.2 or newer for the above to work. See http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ for more details.



                      In this case you don't need firmware-b43-installer and can safely remove it.






                      share|improve this answer




























                        0














                        You can install the firmware manually:



                        wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                        tar xf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                        sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
                        sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o


                        Note that you should have kernel 3.2 or newer for the above to work. See http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ for more details.



                        In this case you don't need firmware-b43-installer and can safely remove it.






                        share|improve this answer


























                          0












                          0








                          0







                          You can install the firmware manually:



                          wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                          tar xf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                          sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
                          sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o


                          Note that you should have kernel 3.2 or newer for the above to work. See http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ for more details.



                          In this case you don't need firmware-b43-installer and can safely remove it.






                          share|improve this answer













                          You can install the firmware manually:



                          wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware/broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                          tar xf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
                          sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
                          sudo b43-fwcutter -w "/lib/firmware" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o


                          Note that you should have kernel 3.2 or newer for the above to work. See http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/ for more details.



                          In this case you don't need firmware-b43-installer and can safely remove it.







                          share|improve this answer












                          share|improve this answer



                          share|improve this answer










                          answered Jul 22 '12 at 6:13









                          vitautvitaut

                          3731313




                          3731313






























                              draft saved

                              draft discarded




















































                              Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!


                              • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

                              But avoid



                              • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

                              • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


                              To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




                              draft saved


                              draft discarded














                              StackExchange.ready(
                              function () {
                              StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f166504%2fmacbook-pro-wifi-wont-work%23new-answer', 'question_page');
                              }
                              );

                              Post as a guest















                              Required, but never shown





















































                              Required, but never shown














                              Required, but never shown












                              Required, but never shown







                              Required, but never shown

































                              Required, but never shown














                              Required, but never shown












                              Required, but never shown







                              Required, but never shown







                              Popular posts from this blog

                              Human spaceflight

                              Can not write log (Is /dev/pts mounted?) - openpty in Ubuntu-on-Windows?

                              張江高科駅