I just installed Lubuntu 20.04 on an old Toshiba laptop (model is SATELLITE C40-C-10K) and it cannot find any Wi-Fi connection. It couldn’t find a Wi-Fi connection also while I was on live boot, but I thought, it will find a connection when I install Lubuntu. I found several solutions on the internet, but they all require a wired connection. That’s the problem, this laptop does not have a LAN port, therefore I cannot connect an internet cable to it.
Is there any way to connect to WiFi (assuming I still want Lubuntu on this laptop)?
I would also like to point out that I am a beginner when it comes to linux.
Thanks in advance
Edit: @chili555, I used the command lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3 and this is the output:
02:00.0 "0280" "14e4" "4365" -r01 "1b9a" "3002"
03:00.0 "ff00" "10ec" "5229" -r01 "1179" "f80b"
>Solution :
I believe that the result of the terminal command should be much more. Please double-check.
However, the abbreviated result you posted suggests that your wireless device is 14e4:4365, a Broadcom device. There are three options that you can use to install the driver.
First, and easiest, is to tether your phone to get a temporary internet connection. Open a terminal and do:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source
The second option is that the driver and all its dependencies are present on the installation USB. Reinstall and be sure to select the option to install third-party software:
The third option is tedious but workable and is described here: Unable to use wifi card 16.04 MacOS dual boot