BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (Broadcom) wireless driver not installed Manjaro XFCE 0.8.13.1 in Acer E5-521G-871K
Created by: filipe-marques
I just bought a Acer E5-521G-871K laptop and install, in dual boot with Windows 8.1, Manjaro XFCE 0.8.13.1 x64 bits with Linux Kernel 3.18. When I was updating for the first time I notice that only wired networks where recognized and not wireless and in the Net Cafe they have a new router. I check also if the problem was from the new router but isn't. The wireless network works in Windows 8.1. So I go to Manjaro Settings Manager and notice that the Broadcom wireless driver wasn't installed (see image 1). I saw that there exist a linux kernel module for Broadcom: linux318-broadcom-wl 6.30.223.248-1 so if I install this I get the problem solved ? I have this linux module installed linux318-ndiswrapper 1.59-11, so it will conflict with linux318-broadcom-wl 6.30.223.248-1 if I install it ? I check by typing in a terminal window: lspci -k and I have the kernel module loaded and in use for Broadcom and the wireless network doesn't work. (see image 2)