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I've successfully booted into ubuntu, but I can't connect wirelessly.

This is a new HP 550-135wb desktop with onboard wireless b/g/n and lan. HP Pavilion 550-153wb

The ubuntu gui only shows wired and network proxy options.

iwconfig reports

eth0 no wireless extensions

lo no wireless extensions

The motherboard for this desktop is labeled ipm87-mp

Do I need to download some drivers?

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  • further information: lspci -v 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2b2c – Tim Morton Oct 25 '15 at 04:26

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I had to find out what the wireless controller was by using lspci -v

This gave me the information to google, and I finally came up with this answer

Do you still have the install USB or DVD? Insert it and drill down to pool > restricted > b > bcmwl and drag bcmwl-kernel-source to your desktop. Do the same with pool > main > d >dkms and drag dkms to you desktop. Then install:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i dkms*.deb
sudo dpkg -i bcmwl*.deb

Reboot and tell us if your wireless is working.

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