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Can anyone help me in fixing my wireless adapter after i have installed ubuntu 16.10. I tried lspci and got the following details:

My network controller is: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b

Am i supposed to use kdiswrapper can get the wireless driver installed? Did anyone face this issue and has solved it?

Donovan
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You need to install dkms and broadcom-sta-dkms.

In terminal...

  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install dkms broadcom-sta-dkms
  • reboot

During the reboot, enter your BIOS and disable secure boot.

Pilot6
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  • Why do you keep answering duplicate questions? – Pilot6 Feb 19 '17 at 17:00
  • @Pilot6 I looked at the (lengthy text) link that you refer to in your comment, and the answers are from 2011, and don't apply in this case (BCM43142). I recommend a more current/correct dkms driver. Also, when I look at many questions with a "duplicate of" link, the text sometimes doesn't answer the **specifics** of the **current** question. Lastly, as much as you may not like this, I don't gain any rep by taking **my time** researching through all of the possible search hits to determine a possibly appropriate/accurate duplicate answer, and posting that into a comment. – heynnema Feb 19 '17 at 17:15
  • They DO apply to BCM43142. This question is asked a few times a day. – Pilot6 Feb 19 '17 at 17:16
  • @Pilot6 **Your** link wasn't one of them. Hence my point about "dup of" answers that don't address the **specifics** of the **current** question. – heynnema Feb 19 '17 at 17:18
  • @Pilot6 ps: and if this question IS being asked a few times a day, then we aren't educating our readers of how to properly use the search features. – heynnema Feb 19 '17 at 17:19
  • What do you mean by "my link was not one of them"? `lcpci -nn` will show that BCM43142 is `[14e4:4365]` – Pilot6 Feb 19 '17 at 17:20
  • But [14e4:4365] wasn't given in the OP, and in your link, that ID calls out the bcmwl-kernel-source driver, which is NOT what I'm calling out. – heynnema Feb 19 '17 at 17:23
  • OP should have run the script offered by `wireless`tag and find out the ID. We try to do all to help people find this solution. But they keep asking. Nothing can be done. – Pilot6 Feb 19 '17 at 17:25
  • @Pilot6 and that's **exactly** why I just answer the question. It's faster for both the OP and me. – heynnema Feb 19 '17 at 17:26
  • OK. I agree.... – Pilot6 Feb 19 '17 at 17:27
  • @Pilot6 is there a written policy documenting how we should handle duplicates? – heynnema Feb 22 '17 at 13:49
  • You can search meta or ask there a question. Exactly duplicate answers are discouraged and deleted. – Pilot6 Feb 22 '17 at 14:13
  • @Pilot6 meta what? URL please. – heynnema Feb 22 '17 at 15:07
  • http://meta.askubuntu.com/ – Pilot6 Feb 22 '17 at 15:08