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Ian Hincks
Asked: 2012-11-20 10:37:32 +0800 CST

No wireless option available in 12.10 [duplicate]

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On my friend's Ubuntu 12.10 (Unity) laptop, there is no longer an option to connect to a wireless network. It used to work. He doesn't know what caused it to go away, but does anyone know how to get it back?

More info:

  • See the screenshots below
  • No wlan things show up when you run iwconfig
  • Laptop is HP ProBook 6550b

enter image description here Network Settings

wireless

1 Answers

  1. Your laptop model appears to have a Broadcom wireless chipset.

    open terminal and type what is shown below

    sudo apt-get purge broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source bcmwl-kernel-source

    then type

    sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer

    Restart your computer after the command is completed and your wireless will start to work :D

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