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I am having trouble with the Wifi drivers on my new instillation of Ubuntu. This is my first time using Linux, but I am familiar with Unix from OS X. I have replaced OS X with Ubuntu on an older model Macintosh. I have done a little research on the problem yielding no solutions.

Using sudo lshw -C network, I can gather that I have a BCM4322 card (Wireless LAN Controller). But when I try to get the PCI ID with lspci -mn -d 14e4:, I get "0280" "14e4" "432b" -r01 "106b" "008e", which I don't understand.

So how can I acquire the appropriate drivers?

It may also be worth mentioning that there are no wireless extensions when using the command iwconfig.

Thanks for taking the time to read and answer, AidoP

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Install the package firmware-b43-installer:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

You will need to enable the multiverse repository to be able to do this. If you chose to install 3rd party software when installing Ubuntu, then it should already be enabled. If not, see this question.

You may need to restart your computer afterwards for the card to start working.

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  • I get the error "Unable to locate package". I also got this when trying to install the Java development kit 8. It may be worth mentioning I am using Ubuntu 15.04. – AidoP May 27 '15 at 10:34
  • Read the full answer! ;-) "You will need to enable the multiverse repository" - check this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/89096/how-do-i-enable-the-multiverse-repository. If you've done that, run sudo apt-get update and then try installing it again. – David Bailey May 27 '15 at 10:36
  • Ok, it's going now. I have a very slow internet connection, so it will be a while until the update is finished. Thanks for the help so far! – AidoP May 27 '15 at 10:47
  • That's awesome ☺ – David Bailey May 27 '15 at 13:29
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Please see: Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers The correct driver for your device 14e4:432b is bcmwl-kernel-source:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Reboot.

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