How do I install wireless drivers in a virtual machine running Ubuntu?

Question

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 in a virtual machine, Wi-Fi isn't working, and I can't find Broadcom drivers.

This is what is shown when I go to Additional Drivers:

You do not need to install any drivers to a virtual machine. It does not have access to hardware. — Pilot6, Jan 30 '17 at 22:57
Please edit to include results for lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net — Jeremy31, Jan 30 '17 at 23:02
Virtual machines use virtual network cards so it is unlikely your boradcam card has any relevance. We need more details including what virtualization technology. — Panther, Jan 30 '17 at 23:11
@Pilot6 - Thanks the OP added in that information AFTER I posted my comment ;) — Panther, Jan 31 '17 at 15:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 30 '17 at 23:32

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Normally you wont use WiFi from the virtual machine / guest OS. Instead set up NAT or Bridge network to the host OS and let that handle WiFi.

edited Jan 30 '17 at 23:32

Eliah Kagan

answered Jan 30 '17 at 23:00

Soren A

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