WIFI stopped working? 13.04

[{davros}]

just like that its gone....



davros@davros64:~$ lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)
davros@davros64:~$ dmesg | egrep 'wlan0|iwl'
davros@davros64:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4357] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:145e]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3658]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
davros@davros64:~$ iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.


lo no wireless extensions.


davros@davros64:~$ rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
davros@davros64:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12713 1
parport_pc 28284 0
bnep 18258 2
ppdev 17106 0
rfcomm 47863 0
bluetooth 251354 10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 17540 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 37407 1
hid_generic 12548 0
uvcvideo 82296 0
usbhid 47346 0
hid 101248 2 hid_generic,usbhid
snd_hda_codec_idt 55123 1
videobuf2_vmalloc 13056 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13202 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 40785 1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_intel 44397 3
videodev 131329 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
snd_hda_codec 190010 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
usb_storage 61749 1
snd_hwdep 13613 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 102477 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 18798 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 30417 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61930 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
lp 17799 0
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
coretemp 13596 0
ir_jvc_decoder 12507 0
ir_mce_kbd_decoder 12777 0
snd_timer 29989 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ir_rc5_decoder 12507 0
ir_lirc_codec 12859 0
ir_sanyo_decoder 12513 0
ir_sony_decoder 12510 0
lirc_dev 19204 1 ir_lirc_codec
joydev 17613 0
kvm_intel 138733 0
i915 631614 3
kvm 452835 1 kvm_intel
snd 69533 16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_cod ec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,s nd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper 49082 1 i915
psmouse 97838 0
mei 46588 0
drm 295908 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
ir_rc6_decoder 12507 0
ir_nec_decoder 12507 0
parport 46562 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
rc_rc6_mce 12502 0
hp_accel 26012 0
ene_ir 18427 0
soundcore 12680 1 snd
lis3lv02d 20200 1 hp_accel
rc_core 26352 11 ir_lirc_codec,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_nec_decoder,ir_son y_decoder,ene_ir,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder ,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_sanyo_decoder,rc_rc6_mce
microcode 22923 0
hp_wmi 18085 0
input_polldev 13896 1 lis3lv02d
sparse_keymap 13890 1 hp_wmi
video 19467 1 i915
serio_raw 13215 0
i2c_algo_bit 13564 1 i915
mac_hid 13253 0
lpc_ich 17060 0
wmi 19256 1 hp_wmi
ahci 30063 2
libahci 32088 1 ahci
r8169 68680 0
davros@davros64:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20329 SATA Bridge
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52f Logitech, Inc. Wireless Mouse M305
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 064e:a127 Suyin Corp.




13.04
3.9.0-030900 kernel


any ideas?

[Hadaka]

Hi, give this a try..

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl
thanks.

[daman1986]

@hadaka
Thanks a lot , after struggling for a day with this problem. Your 2 liner command magically worked for me.:)