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I'm trying to triple boot OSX, Windows 10 and Ubuntu and I'm having a few issues with Ubuntu. So far everything seems to work except for the Wi-Fi. The wired connections seem to work, however, as the MacBook doesn't have an ethernet port (lol I know), I can only get a network connection through my phone right now.

I have tried updating my drivers and looked at multiple "supposed" fixes on the web and nothing works. If anybody has any advice or suggestions as what I can do next that would be great.

I don't know if matters but here are some specs:

  • OS: El Capitan
  • CPU: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5

This is the network Controller I am using:

03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43a0] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:0112]
 Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
BeastOfCaerbannog
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This is because MacBook Pro uses a Broadcom Wifi driver which is not open source and so you will have to download and install it yourself.

To do so, open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe -r b43 ssb wl brcmfmac brcmsmac bcma
sudo modprobe wl

Note: for this a working internet connection is required.

Source: WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx from the official Ubuntu documentation.

BeastOfCaerbannog
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Mohit Rajan
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I recently had the same issue when trying Ubuntu 20.04 (booted from USB) on Macbook Air (Mid 2014). Broadcom Wifi not recognized.

However, the option 'enable proprietary drivers´ is presented during the proper install process. Checking that box in the Ubuntu installer did the trick: wifi works, no need for any manual installs.

dr.Pep
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