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I have a wireless issue with my HP netbook.

I found a fix here: How do I get an Acer Npilfy 802.11 (BCM43225) wireless card working? but when I type sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source it tells me that bcmwl-kernel-source could not be downloaded! Any suggestions?

The command lspci -nn gives me the number 14e4:4727 for the controller, so that's why I thought this fix above would help.

(I am using Ubuntu 12.10.)

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  • possible duplicate of How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX) Look for the 4313 models. – Luis Alvarado Feb 19 '13 at 12:42
  • run sudo apt-get update first, then try sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source. If that doesn't help, post the actual error output. – phipsalabim Feb 19 '13 at 12:58
  • Connect via an Ethernet (also known as LAN) cable to run the commands so it can download. Once you have run the commands unplug to test. If it does not work post the output of these commands. – Warren Hill Feb 19 '13 at 13:59
  • I get the same error:family@family-HP-Pavilion-dm1-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done Reinstallation of bcmwl-kernel-source is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. family@family-HP-Pavilion-dm1-Notebook-PC:~$     – Andreas Maurep Feb 19 '13 at 15:50

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Thanks to https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1427221.html

I solve my "No WiFi Adapter found" + the same "cannot download" probleme by following this :

In terminal type the following:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/bcmwl-kernel-source.{postinst,prerm,postrm}
sudo apt-get remove --purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get clean

then do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

and

reboot

And Finally reinstall with the GUI :

Open hardware drivers and activate the broadcom STA wireless driver which should be there.

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