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How do I install BCM43142 wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3460/3560?

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I have a Dell Vostro 3460 with one of the new Broadcom 43142 hybrid Wireless/Bluetooth chips. Neither the proprietary driver (wl) nor the b43 driver supports this.

lspci -nn gives me

01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365] (rev 01)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10)

I manage to install 1969:1091 with compat-wireless' alx, but could not find any alternative for this Broadcom 4365...

Do you guys know any driver for this controller? I am seriously considering to buy a compatible USB card?

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answered 1 Year ago sator · Accepted Answer

12.04

Drivers for this are only officially available with the Vostro 3460 as provided by Dell.

However, based on the instructions and the Dell deb from the Vostro 3560 provided in this forum thread, I have created a modified DEB file that compiles and installs the driver on 12.04 (see thread for 11.10 link).

First, install the prerequisites by opening a terminal and pasting, one line at a time:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers$(uname -r | grep -Po "-[a-z].*")

sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms

Please download the appropriate DEB file from Dropbox here:

32-bit/i386

64-bit/amd64

Open a terminal, and install it with sudo dpkg -i.

Hopefully it works!

Edit: 12.04 now has an updated bcmwl-kernel-source package that reportedly supports BCM43142. bug#923809, comment 15