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I have a desktop computer which I run mostly with a wired network connection. When I start the Wicd network manager it says "No wireless networks found." Also, the command iwlist gives the same result:

# iwlist scan eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. wlan0 No scan results lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

I have installed the driver for my network card firmware-b43-installer and I know that Wi-Fi has worked previously. My router is located nearby and several other wireless devices are connected to it. Any clues?

Edit:

The output of rfkill indicates that Wi-Fi is enabled:

# rfkill list all 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

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Here is some information about the wireless network card:

$ lspci -nn | grep Network 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 05) $ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 05) Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:0090] Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
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  • are you sure that wifi on your machine is enabled. sometimes there is a button some where that needs to be pushed. Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 11:05
  • @ljaz I have a Mac Mini and I'm not aware of any such button. Is there a way to tell if Wi-Fi s enabled? Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 11:57
  • use rfkill. You might need to install it. Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 12:06
  • @RalphRönnquist I have added the output of rfkill list and if I'm not mistaken it says that Wi-Fi is enabled. Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 13:40
  • the output of lspci -nn | grep Network and your Linux dist Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 14:01

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The command lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 will give you the information about the Kernel driver in use. According to debian_wl , you need to use wl module

Edit sources.list :

apt edit-sources

choose nano and add 'non-free sources' :

# Debian 8 "Jessie" deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

Update package:

aptitude update

We need to install broadcom-sta-dkms and linux-headers

Insert the cd-rom and type:

apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms

Unload conflicting modules:

modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma

Load the right module wl:

modprobe wl

Next step you need to unistall network-manager Or wicd

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  • Thanks for your answer. However, today it just works (like before) and I haven't done any changes (no broadcom-sta-dkms or linux-headers installed). I wonder what went wrong previously. Commented Apr 8, 2016 at 13:15

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