To automatically install missing drivers, including the wireless network card driver, use the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Then, check if the b43 driver is blacklisted by other drivers with the following command, as this can cause the wireless network card driver to not work:
grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*
If the output is as follows:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf:blacklist b43
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf:blacklist b43legacy
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
Then, you need to execute the following commands to remove the blacklist:
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf
sudo modprobe b43
If you have correctly configured the WIFI connection, you can use the ip a
command to see three network interfaces:
lo
Local loopback interfaceenp2s0f0
Ethernet network interface, which is the wired network, similar toeth0
, with an assigned IPwlp3s0
Wireless network interface, identified by thewl
prefix indicatingwlan
, with an assigned IP