Ubuntu
bcmwl package

  1. Bug #1387221
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1387221

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote : Re: bcmwl-kernel-source >= 6.30.223.30+bdcom-0ubuntu1 fails to see 5GHz networks and is unstable on 2.5GHz

Michael Zanetti, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

1) Could you please execute the following in a terminal and post the results to this report:
lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network
apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
sudo dmidecode -s system-version
sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer

2) Regarding your Bug Description:
>"UPDATE: Up to kernel 3.13.0-23 a patched working package of bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6 can be found in the comments of this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1189611 ..."

Please do not make people dumpster dive for information elsewhere that should be posted in full detail in the bug description. Hence, could you please provide a click-for-click on how to implement your WORKAROUND?

3) Does using the open source b43 driver provide a WORKAROUND as outlined in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx ?