[Solved] Wi-Fi support/help?

Connectivity
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Hello all!

I’m new to MineOS, and the tower I have it running on has a WiFi card in it and I want to use it, however, I’m having trouble installing/using it. I’m a decently seasoned linux user, but even this is puzzling me. I have temporarily connected it via ethernet (eth0, DHCP), and I have run:
su root apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && reboot
And to install drivers and a gui. (Just so I can see what I’m doing):
apt-get install firmware-b43-installer task-lxde-desktop wpagui pciutils
My WiFi card is G speed, and in wpagui, it doesn’t show. This is quite puzzling to me. Please help.

Additional info:

mc@mineos ~$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:d1:6b:c2:33
          inet addr:192.168.137.208  Bcast:192.168.137.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:d1ff:fe6b:c233/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20776 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:13462122 (12.8 MiB)  TX bytes:8837440 (8.4 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:276 (276.0 B)  TX bytes:276 (276.0 B)

wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:a5:9b:2a:a9
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

mc@mineos ~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
04:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
04:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 01)
mc@mineos ~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       2047800     661192    1386608      62348      28744     409552
-/+ buffers/cache:     222896    1824904
Swap:      2084860          0    2084860
mc@mineos ~$
  • CPU = Intel Pentium @ 1.60GHz x 2 (E2140)
  • Tower = GT5464 (Gateway)
  • OS = Debian Jesse (MineOS Turnkey)

Many thanks to all help.

To put it simply: I need help getting MineOS on WiFi. Don’t ask why.

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Your wifi is wlan1. I’ve never used wpagui, I’ve only used wpa_supplicant. Since MineOS Turnkey is just a rebranded Debian, you can use the official Debian tutorial for it.

You definitely don’t need need a desktop and a gui if you just use the instructions linked above–but if you prefer it, that’s your choice. That said, I haven’t ever used wpagui because about 100% of my Linux use is command-line only. Do you see any errors in wpagui that indicate why its not showing or did you not yet know that wlan1 was your wireless card?

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Thanks so much for your help!!! The WiFi tutorial is what I needed. Cheers!