The is a legacy Mini PCIe wireless card found in countless HP, Dell, and Acer laptops manufactured between 2008 and 2012. It supports 802.11b/g/n on the 2.4 GHz band.
Broadcom cards are notorious for requiring proprietary firmware in Linux. Recommended Driver: broadcom-sta-dkms Open a terminal and run sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom bcm94312hmg driver high quality
echo "blacklist b43" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf echo "blacklist brcmsmac" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-broadcom.conf sudo depmod -a sudo modprobe wl The is a legacy Mini PCIe wireless card
If you are installing a lightweight Linux distro (like Ubuntu Mate, Xubuntu, or Debian) on an old laptop to make it fast, you will likely encounter the "No Wi-Fi Adapter Found" error. Advanced System Settings >
Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Hardware > Device Installation Settings. Select This prevents Windows from forcibly installing its own inferior driver.