Ubuntu 12.04, can't find my home wifi network

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Please do:

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe -rv wl
sudo modprobe -v brcmsmac

if there are any errors please continue with the commands then reboot. your wireless should be working now.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Anton
    Anton over 1 year

    I've tried several solutions I found on the web, but didn't manage to solve a problem.

    Since today my laptop won't find my WiFi network, but neighbours' networks are suggested. Another laptop with U12.04 does find one.

    What do I do?

    I've Dell Latitude-E4310,

    02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Inspiron M5010 / XPS 8300
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at f2c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: brcmsmac
        Kernel modules: bcma, brcmsmac
    

    also

    NetworkManager Tool
    State: connected (global)
    - Device: eth1 -----------------------------------------------------------------
      Type:              802.11 WiFi
      Driver:            wl
      State:             disconnected
      Default:           no
      HW Address:        1C:65:9D:7A:45:5C
      Capabilities:
    
      Wireless Properties
        WEP Encryption:  yes
        WPA Encryption:  yes
        WPA2 Encryption: yes
    

    Should I provide anything else? Many thanks in advance.

    UPD: http://pastebin.com/NfzBK2HQ

    • Wild Man
      Wild Man over 10 years
      It is safe to run it was written by me and some good friends it will help diagnose your wireless issue. Paste this command in a terminal wget -N -t 5 -T 10 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57264241/wireless_script && chmod +x wireless_script && ./wireless_script It will download a script and create a file named (wireless-info.txt, or wireless-info.txt.tar.gz) in your home folder paste the contents of the file here pastebin.com then paste the link back here. No internet then go to this link for running the script without internet. [url]ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12350385[/url]
    • Anton
      Anton over 10 years
      @WildMan, done. pastebin.com/NfzBK2HQ
    • Admin
      Admin about 10 years
      These answers are too complicated. If Ubuntu is trying to usurp the tyrants these answers must be something the masses can understand.
  • Anton
    Anton over 10 years
    It seemed to me I've tried doing this. Well. I must have done too many modifications in sequence (not quite understanding what I was doing) :) This worked. Awesome. You saved me, thank you!
  • Wild Man
    Wild Man over 10 years
    Make sure it works after a reboot, we may have to unblacklist a driver or two.
  • Anton
    Anton over 10 years
    Everything works perfectly. So a wrong driver was a problem?
  • Wild Man
    Wild Man over 10 years
    Yes it was the wrong driver.
  • androidevil
    androidevil about 10 years
    wow. thank you very much, man. this tip saved my life.
  • Luís de Sousa
    Luís de Sousa over 9 years
    This solution works as well on 14.04.
  • LiTTle
    LiTTle almost 9 years
    I cannot view my wireless adapter anymore!