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I have just downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 but I'm unable to connect to the internet. I travel a lot and connect to WiFi hotspots at various bars and restaurants. No home service.

In Windows 7, I just ask the bartender or waitress the password, type it in, and I'm connected. Not so in Ubuntu.

Computer is brand new, Lenovo 11e. AMD A4-6210 APU with AMD Radeon R3 Graphics. Four gigs of RAM. 64-bit operating system. Windows 7 installed.

There is a “windshield wiper” type icon in the upper right hand corner of my desktop that seems to refer to connecting to the internet:

I click the windshield icon and I get three choices: Option # 1: VPN Connections and an option to configure VPN- click on that and I get a window that says Ethernet and an “ADD” button.

Option #2: Enable Networking. Click on that and I get “Disconnected.”

Option #3: Edit Connections – click on that and get I get Ethernet, Wired connection 1. And the “ADD” button.

Can someone walk me through this maze? Please realize I am in a foreign country and can't speak the language. The guy behind the counter doesn't know what a router is. He does not know what a Connection Name is. Nor a SSID, a BSIDD or a MAC Address is. And frankly, neither do I. Just tell me, in plain English, where to type in the bar's password so I can get connected.

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If we assume that your Lenovo 11e uses the same WIFI adapter as this Lenovo 11e:

Broadcom Corporation BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)

  • Download the necessary packages dkms and bcmwl-kernel-source on Windows. see answer of Pilot6.

  • Reboot into Ubuntu.

  • Open necessary Windows partitions (drives) with a file manager. If you use Wubi, one partition is already open in the folder host in root directory.
  • open a Terminal.

  • Navigate to Windows download folder with terminal command cd. e.g. :

    cd /host/Users/bcripps/Downloads

  • List available files with

    ls

  • Install the downloaded packages with

    sudo dpkg -i *.deb

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