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    Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    I just installed a Broadcom BCM4352 wifi on my Optiplex 9010 AIO running Linux Mint 19.3 (Ubuntu 18.04) and am using the bcmwl-kernel-source driver. It works well and is very fast, except that it requires a "sudo modprobe wl" every time I reboot. I've seen others suggest adding wl to the /etc/modules file, and I did so, but it made no difference. Any other suggestions?

    Thanks for any guidance you can provide.


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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    I think we should first find out why it doesn't load automagically as expected and why it doesn't even help to add it to /etc/modules!

    Please provide the wireless info as described here. We hope we shall see and fix the problem: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370108
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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    Thanks Chili --- wireless-info.tar.gz attached.
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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    Moved to Mint

    You might want to remove ndiswrapper, that is why you need to sudo modprobe wl
    Last edited by jeremy31; January 11th, 2020 at 03:27 PM.

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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    Jeremy,

    Removed ndiswrapper, but no change --- still requires sudo modprobe wl. Thanks anyway.

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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    Post new wireless script results please

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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    Removed ndiswrapper, but no change --
    How did you do so? I hope with:

    Code:
    sudo apt purge ndiswrapper*
    Followed by a reboot. If you did something different, please try this and then post a new wireless info as requested.
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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    That was it! [I had only used the Software Manager.] Thank you very much! Wifi now works great.
    Last edited by dpdamato-optonline; January 12th, 2020 at 04:00 PM. Reason: typo

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    Re: Broadcom BCM4352 WiFi Not Working Following Reboot

    Quote Originally Posted by dpdamato-optonline View Post
    That was it! [I had only used the Software Manger.] Thank you very much! Wifi now works great.
    Awesome! Glad it's working. Please use Thread Tools at the top to mark Solved. The searchers will appreciate it.
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