Monday, November 25, 2019

networking - Wireless networks not working


I am running Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 7 I can connect to the internet using ethernet but cannot detect any wireless networks. When I use Windows 7 I can connect fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The output for lspci -v | grep -iA 10 network was:


02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n + BT 4.0
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at c0500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities:

lsmod:


Module                  Size  Used by
joydev 17457 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32007 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 57842 1
rfcomm 46619 12
bnep 18140 2
parport_pc 32688 0
ppdev 17073 0
lp 17759 0
parport 46345 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
coretemp 13400 0
kvm_intel 132759 0
kvm 414070 1 kvm_intel
ghash_clmulni_intel 13180 0
cryptd 20403 1 ghash_clmulni_intel
dell_wmi 12681 0
sparse_keymap 13890 1 dell_wmi
psmouse 95552 0
dell_laptop 17369 0
dcdbas 14438 1 dell_laptop
microcode 22803 0
snd_hda_intel 33491 3
snd_hda_codec 134212 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
uvcvideo 76749 0
videobuf2_core 32851 1 uvcvideo
videodev 120309 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
videobuf2_vmalloc 12860 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13368 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_pcm 96580 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30512 1 snd_seq_midi
wmi 19070 1 dell_wmi
btusb 18334 0
bluetooth 209199 22 rfcomm,bnep,btusb
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
mac_hid 13205 0
snd_seq 61521 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29425 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rts5139 356158 0
snd 78734 16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,s nd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i915 520519 3
drm_kms_helper 46784 1 i915
drm 275528 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
soundcore 15047 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 13215 0
lpc_ich 17061 0
mei 40690 0
video 19335 1 i915
r8169 61650 0

iwconfig:


eth0      no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.

rfkill list all


0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no


If there are no suggested drivers in the Additional drivers tab:


Before you do this run:


lspci -nn | grep -i network

and make sure the device number matches this Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365]


If that's the case


Download this dkms enabled bcm43142 driver from jas.gemnetworks.com and save it in your Download folder.


In the term run:


sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms

then install the package, still in the term:


cd ~/Download
sudo dpkg -i wire*.deb
sudo modprobe wl

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