Wifi driver not working properly dell inspiron 1525

reno_queen

I tried just installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a colleague's Dell inspiron 1525 who wasn't happy with his previous os... I tried to install the basic driver, with $sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source Nevertheless, I can't access anything with it. No wifi, I can't neither enable-disable it using the switch on the right of the laptop. The blue led of the wifi is also of. (2) I then tried, after having looked at the issue all over the internet, to...

Originally asked by floflo on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The driver you installed is incorrect. Please open a terminal and do: sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source Reboot and check: iwconfig lsmod | grep b43 rfkill list all dmesg | grep b43 I will refine this answer once I get more information from you.

Full answer by chili555: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/666034 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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