After starting device, it takes a very long time to start Wi-Fi

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@Sphor

BCM43142

Have you tried any of the forum search results regarding that model?

Broadcom-bcm43142-wifi-driver-problem

Hi @stardust, and welcome! Since I don’t know anything more than the WiFi card make & model, this advice is kind of generic. I found this Archwiki article that advises to install broadcom-wl from the AURfor that adapter: Wireless To use the Broadcom BCM43142 chipset is, install broadcom-wl from the AUR, and load the module: # modprobe wl The system will now recognize the interface as wlp2s0. See Broadcom wireless and Wireless for details. But, dkms packages requires the Linux headers for y…

Or this, but make sure is for your kernel version

Broadcom BCM43142 WiFi Driver Problem

Download the Broadcom driver for linux59: sudo pacman -Sw linux59-broadcom-wl Copy it to your USB drive: cp /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux59-broadcom-wl-*.pkg.tar.zst /path/to/USB Install it on your offline machine: sudo pacman -U /path/to/linux59-broadcom-wl-*.pkg.tar.zst

Noob Trying Manjaro - Broadcom BCM43142 Wifi Not Working

In terminal: pamac install linux510-broadcom-wl substitute to install appropriate kernel version, e.g linux515-broadcom-wl install appropriate linux headers as well for good measure pamac install linux510-headers or linux515-headers as appropriate

If none of that is helping with the responsiveness and activation of the WiFi, then simply that means your older laptop is slow altogether.