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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Anton
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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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.
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Wild Man over 10 yearsIt 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 over 10 years@WildMan, done. pastebin.com/NfzBK2HQ
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Admin about 10 yearsThese answers are too complicated. If Ubuntu is trying to usurp the tyrants these answers must be something the masses can understand.
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Anton over 10 yearsIt 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!
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Wild Man over 10 yearsMake sure it works after a reboot, we may have to unblacklist a driver or two.
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Anton over 10 yearsEverything works perfectly. So a wrong driver was a problem?
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Wild Man over 10 yearsYes it was the wrong driver.
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androidevil about 10 yearswow. thank you very much, man. this tip saved my life.
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Luís de Sousa over 9 yearsThis solution works as well on 14.04.
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LiTTle almost 9 yearsI cannot view my wireless adapter anymore!