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Broadcom wireless cards are known to have compatibility issues in Linux systems, and this tag should be used for questions about getting wireless working well on Ubuntu when a Broadcom card is involved. Installing additional drivers or adjusting configurations can usually resolve issues. Please check your hardware and search for related questions, and include all relevant information when posting.

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No wifi adapter found Ubuntu [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu on my Asus G750JS, but the WiFi in not working. Some info : $ sudo lshw -class network *-network description: Network controller product: BCM4352 ...
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Particular WiFi network not detected

I installed yesterday Ubuntu 18.04 in dual boot on a computer usually used with Windows 7. Everything went fine, except that I am unable to connect to my WiFi network. The weirdest thing being that my ...
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Ubuntu 19.04, Z83, BRCM 43455, Wifi becomes unstable after encryption rekey

I'm running ubuntu on a small mini Z83 PC, that has an embedded wifi adapter. Having moved houses, I am now using this on wifi instead of ethernet (it controls a player piano). I am finding it ...
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Jerky Bluetooth, music is playing irregularly

I was not able to detect Bluetooth devices on my Toshiba Satellite, I followed this answer. I am now able to connect to bluetooth devices but when I play music it is jerky and lags, sometimes it even ...
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Can't install WiFi drivers for Broadcom AP6255

i'm trying to configure WiFi on my Mini PC Beelink BT3 PRO that has a Broadcom AP6255. I tried many of the proposed solutions online but with no success. The interface just does not show up. This is ...
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Where is the firmware-b43-installer package?

I’m new here and this is my first post, so please let me know what I can do better... Anyways, I have been using an Acer Aspire 5750 running Ubuntu 18.04. Recently, it crashed hard and I had to ...
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b43 + AMD on LTS 18.04 not working

I have an old (how could it be otherwise) HP elitebook 745 with an AMD processor and a broadcom wifi. The driver was not present until running apt-get install firmware-b43-installer but apparently ...
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Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n Wireless Driver isn't Working

I have a big problem. I have just installed Ubuntu 19.04 on my computer (or laptop or notebook). But, the wireless driver isn't working. I have checked the settings, but there is no menu named "Wi-Fi"...
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no connection with Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN wireless card [duplicate]

I've had no wireless connection since I installed Lubuntu 18.04.3 recently (on a Lenovo 3000 N-100 notebook with a BCM4311 802.11 b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01) hardware). I've read several Ask Ubuntu ...
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How can I make Ubuntu run well (including with wifi) on a 32-bit machine?

My machine is 32-bit. My understanding is that today (August 2019) none of the supported versions of Ubuntu are 32-bit. The history is: Over the past few years I experienced increasing problems ...
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Broadcom BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet won't connect at Gigabit speed

I've got an HT Z600 with the intergrated ethernet 5764 PCIe LOM controller. When I check advertised speed with sudo ethtool enp1s0 I can see advertised link modes of 10,100,1000baseT, half and full ...
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WiFi connects to Hotspot but unable to connect to some other wifi [duplicate]

I've recently purchased a AC1300 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter(Archer T6E). It uses a Broadcom chip (BCM4360 802.11ac). I have a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 and installed the driver from Software &...
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b43 Wireless Driver Problems in Ubuntu Server 18.04

My laptop has a bcm43142 driver which is proprietary, but when I used Ubuntu and Lubuntu, it was very easy to enable through Additional Drivers. My laptop does not have an LAN cable, so I use USB ...
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How to fix duplicate wireless taskbar display?

I followed the instructions to install the driver for BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01), firmware-b43-installer. However, now my wireless module (should I call it that?) is displaying twice ...
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DNS not working after suspend (19.04)

After closing and reopening laptop lid my system wakes up from suspend and after connecting to wifi I can ping to 8.8.8.8 but can't ping to google.com and it shows error Temporary failure in name ...
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Bluetooth Firmware Problem

I got ubuntu 16.04 and my Bluetooth is not working. I will give you the steps I have done so far. 1)$ lsusb | grep Blue Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 2) ...
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Where can a driver for "Broadcom 802.11abgn Wireless SDIO Adapter" be obtained, for use with Ubuntu 19.04?

As I wrote in another question, Lubuntu 19.04 does not see wifi network card on a CORE+ 10.1 ultra portable PC , I installed Lubuntu 19.04 on a Beantech CORE+ 10.1 Ultra Portable PC (basically, a ...
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Wireless connectivity on HP Stream 13-c010nr with Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS from a flash drive on a HP Stream model 13-c010nr. I have wireless connectivity when running Windows 10 on this machine, but do not get a wireless icon in 18.04.2. How ...
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Wifi stops working after suspend (18.04)

The title says it all. My wireless stops working after computer suspends and the only fix I have is rebooting. My card is the BCM43142 and I'm using wl. Tried restarting network manager and tried ...
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No WiFi on Mac Mini 7,1 for kubuntu 19.04

I installed kubuntu on one of my hardrives to do some stuff with the internet but I dont have wifi drivers. I am using a bluetooth pan to acesss the internet I am going to try these commands sudo ...
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Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01) is not working on Ubuntu 18.04

lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01) Subsystem: Broadcom Inc. and ...
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Broadcomm 4356 WIFI chipset not claimed in Bionic Beaver

I have been using Ubuntu on a Thinkpad for a while, and while upgrading kernels in Bionic Beaver, the drivers seems not to be working anymore: I have tried every drivers available (br-4, brcm-brfmac, ...
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Network issues with Broadcom 43438 Chipset (WSDB-104GN(BT))

I am new to Linux and Ubuntu. I recently installed Ubuntu on my Tablet PC with an Intel Atom Processor and knew this will cause problems. I can't use WiFi because there is no option for it and I ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 WiFi problem (Broadcom BCM43142)

My laptop is HP Pavilion 15 p077. I cannot use my internal WiFi adapter very well. When I'm entering in other rooms, my WiFi is not connecting. So I bought TP link TL-WN725N. But problem is not gone. ...
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Broadcom BCM4360 - 5Ghz not connecting, but finding AP

I had a lot of troubles for making my 5Ghz channel visible to my Broadcom BCM4360 (including reinstallation of the drivers). Now, I can see all 5Ghz wifi networks that works ONLY on low channels (I ...
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No Wifi Adapter Found on HP Laptop - 18.04 [duplicate]

My laptop: HP 15-DA1006NT 5MM06EA i5-8265U 4GB 1TB 128GB SSD 2GB MX110 15.6 FreeDOS I installed 18.04 Ubuntu both with 3rd party hardware and without them. I have same problem: "No wifi adapter found"...
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Installing Offline Ubuntu 16.04 how to load apt-offline & install <14e4:43b1 system updates install

I am installing Ubuntu 16.04. I'm looking for someone who knows that offline installer and update for driver's mainly system updates and wireless drivers, perfered legacy since my wireless card is an ...
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WI-FI Problems on 18.10

I realize there's a similar thread but since I didn't receive an answer over there I decided to create my own. My WiFi disconnects on its own and all I can do to fix it is restarting the network ...
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Blacklist or purge brcmfmac on Ubuntu 19.04

I need to either blacklist or purge the broadcom driver brcmfmac in order to disable a broadcom wifi/bluetooth adapter in my system. Can anybody explain to me how to do it? The reason is I'm running ...
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Wireless Broadcom issue on Mac Mini 2012

I connected my Mac Mini to my network but every now and then the connection slows to almost zero without dropping. I'm aware of and have followed some questions about similar issues on this site, ...
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Help finding id of built in wireless card

I've tried the following codes below on my Nuvision TM800W610L tablet, none of which show any results. lspci -nn | grep Net lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 lspci -nn -d 14e4: All I know about the ...
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Wifi breaks all the time - Ubuntu 18.04 - [14e4:4331]

The problem is that my wifi connection breaks all the time irregularly, in the span of after 5 minutes and sometimes after 30 minutes. When this happens I have to sudo service network-manager restart. ...
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WIFI not working on lenovo yoga 2 13 with ubuntu 18.04

i recently installed ubuntu 18.04 on a lenovo yoga 2 (not pro) and i cant seem to get the wifi on . in wifi settings it says **No wifi adapter found make sure you have wifi adapter ...
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Broadcom wireless driver [14e4:4328] (rev 05) on Ubuntu 18.04

Second update: It was too good to be true. I installed hplip, which required a reboot. After the reboot, the card no longer sees any ssid. Another reboot does not help. I also used ifconfig to shut ...
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Lubuntu on MacBook will only connect to new wifi connection

I recently installed Lubuntu on an old MacBook from 2007. Through a proprietary driver, I managed to activate the WiFi module. I am able to see the APs on my laptop and can try to connect to them, ...
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Intermittent loss of ethernet network connectivity with Broadcom BCM5761

Here's my issue in a nutshell: a few weeks after updating to 18.04 from 16.04, I began to have issues with ethernet network connectivity. Occasionally, my connection to both the internet and other ...
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Huawei Matebook HZ-W19 Wirelesscard Driver BCM 4356

I'm using Ubuntu on my Huawei Matebook HZ-W19. My wireless card (BCM 4356) doesn't work with the latest version of linux-firmware (1.173.3) but works with version 1.156. Howerver, with this last one, ...
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5GHZ wifi is not showing on Ubuntu 18.04

I am trying to find my 5Ghz ssid and then I will try to connect it but it's not showing up. My lspci |grep -i net output is bash03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (...
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Broadcom BCM43224 wifi issue [14e4:4353] (rev01)

I'm experiencing troubles with my Dell Studio 1747 laptop and wifi card BCM43224 [14e4:4353] (rev 01). I'm using Xubuntu 18.04, but also had the same on Ubuntu 17.10. I'm using broadcom-sta driver but ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Broadcomm BCM43142 Wi-Fi hotspot not working [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my HP notebook and installed Wi-Fi drivers successfully but if I try to create a Wi-Fi hotspot, it shows that the hotspot is on but I cannot find the given hotspot on ...
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ASUS Wirless-AC1300 PCE-AC56 not recognised

My new ASUS Wirless-AC1300 PCE-AC56 card is not recognized by lspci. I have tried following this guide https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2214110. However, i cannot find any broadcom hardware ...
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Broadcom BCM43142 not working on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

I have a Lenovo e10 30, the WiFi is not working. When I go to Software and Updates under the Additional Drivers tab; this device is using an alternative driver, and the driver that it is using is the ...
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Install Broadcom wireless drivers on Ubuntu 18.10 "without internet" [duplicate]

I have a desktop with an Asus Z170-Deluxe motherboard, which has onboard Wifi, and I'm trying to be able to use that to connect to the internet on Ubuntu 18.10. First I thought it might be a good ...
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Wi-Fi not working with BCM43142 after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04

Here is the link for all my Wi-Fi Related details: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/PTFHmrrHw9/ I can see it in iwlist scan but I am not able to connect to it.
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"Enable Wifi" Missing eventhough driver is installed [duplicate]

"Enable Wifi" is missing on my Ubuntu 16.04. This happened after I upgraded from 14.04. It was all fine on 14.04 The driver is enabled already in Additional Drivers (BCM43142) I have tried many ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 cannot detect wireless networks, BCM4321

I've installed Ubuntu 18.04 to my very old Mac mini and the system isn't able to detect any wireless network, even though the computer is next to the wireless router. What I have done; Uninstall the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 slow wired connection speed

Have tried several fixes from the internet on this, no luck so far. Just installed 18.04 on an old laptop, dual boot with Win 10. I've played with Linux a bit before (on a Raspberry Pi) but am not ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 WiFi Networks are not displaying even though there are 3 nearby

I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my 2009 mac mini. I used a bootable flash drive and all is well. Initially, WiFi adapter where not found, but after going into the Software & Updates > ...
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ASUS PCE cant detect 5ghz network

I have a wifi card with support for 5Ghz. The card is the ASUS PCE AC56. I have installed the drivers for my WiFi card from the "Additions drivers" tab in "Software & Updates", using the "...
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XPS 9550 Bluetooth Firmware Load Failed

I'm wondering if someone can explain why this happened -- I've already figured out the fix, but I'm still curious. I tried to pair my MX Master with my Dell 9550 and it failed. When I ran grep -i ...
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