Wifi support disappead after software update

Asked by Paul Rose

Just installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Dell XPS 13 this morning
Dell XPS 13 9343 laptop
Installed from USB thumbdrive using ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
Installed "minimal" and included "Install 3rd Party for Graphics and Wifi:
Fresh install (erase disk)

Install went smoothly, Wifi worked perfectly

Then:
Software Updater recommended an update. I allowed update, which also went smoothly.
Software Updater recommended reboot. I allowed reboot.

After reboot WiFi support is 100% missing. No wifi or networking related options appear on the upper right menu.

I don't have wired ehternet on that laptop, so I can't run further updates, so I have to report this from a Windows box :(

Software & Updates under Additional Drivers shows Broadcom BCM4532 802.11ac Wireless Network Apapter
* Using Broadcom LINUX STA wireless driver source from bcmwl-kernel-source (proprietary)

Laptop is Dell XPS 13 9343 (came from Dell with an older Ubuntu preinstalled).
I have run Ubuntu 14.04 and 18.04 on it for years, and WiFi has always worked.

Everything else is working fine, but there isn't a whole lot I can do inside "Software and Updates" without working internet.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you boot an older kernel is it OK?

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Paul Rose (pauldrose) said :
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Booting the older kernel did not bring back WiFi.

I borrowed a USB WiFi dongle from an old/slow unused RasPi, which got me going well enough to download.

I then followed a tip from the accepted answer here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1305699/bcmwl-kernel-source-broken-on-kernel-5-8-0-34-generic

and installed bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb from groovy.

The integrated WiFi is working again.

Thanks!