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cant get any wireless networks to show, xenial, worked before

Asked by aaron on 2016-06-13

I had Xenial installed, but i reinstalled it because i thought to try xfrce, that turned out badly. so i tried purging it.. didn't go well.. ended up just reinstalling from usb to get unity back.. during the installation process it connected for a while to some wifi, then maybe disconnected from wireless.. after installation no wifi spots would show.. I thought, just do a clean install.. but even then, during the install process none were being listed so i canceled the installation and I'm finding most information to be outdated..and inapplicable thanks in advance and some later

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Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu Edit question

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Solved by:: aaron

Solved:: 2016-06-14

Last query:: 2016-06-14

Last reply:: 2016-06-13

Link existing bug

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2016-06-13:

What is the output of:

sudo dmidecode -t 1; sudo lshw -C network; uname -a

My money is on it being a Mac....

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aaron (themightyspringwater) said on 2016-06-13:

# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: Inspiron M5110
Version: Not Specified
Serial Number: 2KR2QR1
UUID: 4C4C4544-004B-5210-8032-B2C04F515231
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
Family:

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: enp2s0
       version: 05
       serial: 24:b6:fd:36:2e:30
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:31 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:d0004000-d0004fff memory:d0000000-d0003fff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:ff500000-ff503fff
Linux noraa 4.4.8-040408-generic #201604200335 SMP Wed Apr 20 07:37:30 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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aaron (themightyspringwater) said on 2016-06-13:

i think i should have completed the clean install.. maybe its the fastest way.. of course it would fix the problem, i just tried running xenial from usb, this time the wireless options were there.. ill save us a headache and complete the clean (complete) reinstall

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2016-06-13:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community