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I have Asus G46V laptop running Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and when I open WiFi settings, I get this message: No Wifi adapter found

I tried this solution and this one but with no luck.

Here is my network card: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03) Subsystem: AzureWave BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [1a3b:2123]

Here is the output of iwconfig:

$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

enp4s0    no wireless extensions.

and here is the output of lspci -nn -d 14e4::

$ lspci -nn -d 14e4:
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)

I then tried:

sudo apt update
sudo update-pciids
sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source

then sudo reboot, but with no luck.

Then, following this question I removed the installed driver using sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source. I then installed sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer then

 sudo modprobe -r b43
 sudo modprobe b43    
 sudo rfkill unblock all  

but stil having No Wifi adapter found

As a side note, a bought a TP-Link AC600 Archer T2U Nano wifi USB dongle but it is also not working. Here is the question where I try to look for a solution.

I very much appreciate your help.


Edit 1:

I reinstalled bcmwl-kernel-source and here is the output of $ lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list

:~$ lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: AzureWave BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [1a3b:2123]
    Kernel modules: bcma, wl
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1083] (rev c0)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1043:200f]
0: hci0: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
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This problem looks like some kernel bug. The wl kernel module is not loading for some reason.

Try out if it has been fixed by updating your system by running:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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  • Thanks a million!! Feb 3, 2020 at 19:27
  • Awesome! Glad it's working now. I suspect that the Broadcom will outperform the USB.
    – chili555
    Feb 3, 2020 at 21:26

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