Hi: For those with Broadcom wireless cards, particularly the BCM 4313, forum members have reported marked improvement in their wireless connection after installing this latest driver for Windows 7. It is good for the following Broadcom WLAN adapters: Supported Devices and Features Broadcom 802. However, here are some simple step-by-step instructions I wrote for installing the updated version of the DW1501 / BCM4313 WLAN driver (tested on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 but should also work for x86; MAC spoofing supported also): How to manually install latest Dell DW1501 (Broadcom 4313) drivers. The BCM4313 is a single-chip, single-band, IEEE 802.11n MAC/PHY/Radio system-on-a-chip (SoC). The device enables development of PCI Express®, 802.11n WLAN clients that can take advantage of the high throughput and extended range of Broadcom's second generation solution. The BCM4313 maintains compatibility with legacy IEEE 802.11b/g devices. BROADCOM BCM4313 Mini PCIe Bluetooth BCM94313HMGB 600370. Wifi Compatibility List for Mini PCI-Express and NGFF Card for Mac OS X Hackintosh - OSXARENA: pin. Broadcom Bcm94313hmgb Laptop Wi-fi Adapter eBay Broadcom BCM43142 1x1 Wi-Fi+Bluetooth HMC WLAN adapter 753076: pin.

Been a Mint user for couple of years in this very same Dell Laptop, never encountered any issue with its WiFi which is a

There's no need for ndiswrapper and Windows drivers, because the Linux driver already exists, if you see no broadcom wireless device name, uninstall driver, restart computer, install driver and restart again until 'firmware missing' message appears with wifi device name under wireless icon after clicking on it.

Bcm4313 For Macbook Air

Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter untill last week when the network settings suddenly wasn't showing any 'Wireless' option at all. System is running through Linux Mint 18.3 and WiFi was working flawlessly before vanishing into thin air out of blue.

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I tried to figure out the cause by myself and saw good people here usually asked a few command's output as part of diagnosis when someone is in trouble with identical scenario. Based on that, I'm putting here are a few command's output. Let me know if I need to run something else.
inxi -Fxzrfkill list all

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iwconfiguname -sr

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Eagerly looking forward to get some clue on this so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!