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I need help installing a driver for a Broadcom BCM43142 on 14.04.2. If I run lspci I indeed find the device as:

network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 1)

But Ubuntu apparently does not come with this driver pre-loaded. I don’t have a clue what command to run to get this, where to get it, and how to install the driver once I do get it. I am completely new to Linux.

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David Moore
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  • In fact, I'm laughing hysterically. First of all, you need to be connected with a ethernet cable to Internet (wired connection). Then you need to run this: `sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer` and reboot. Then it may work. Hope it helps. **;-)** – 0x2b3bfa0 Jul 03 '15 at 15:47
  • yeah, I have the ethernet cable connected. :) OK, trying that now... so I get the sudo apt-get install... but how did you know the "firmware-b43-installer"... ? Is there a place to get the file or driver name? Sorry but like I said, newbie blues... Oh God I love feeling incompetent. – David Moore Jul 03 '15 at 15:54
  • Thanks for the help. I was able to run the command. I still only have a wired connection available. At this point, my wire better be very long. It is not recognizing that I have a wireless card at all. – David Moore Jul 03 '15 at 16:01

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Run in terminal

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

it will download and install wl driver. It should work.

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