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  1. #1
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    No WLAN adapter showing - Broadcom

    I have spent a few hours googling this problem; I'm finally at my wits' end so here goes. The WLAN adapter is not working at all in Kali.

    Dell Inspiron 15

    Code:
    # uname -a
    3.18.0-kali3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.18.6-1~kali2 (2015-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
    Code:
    # lspci -vknn | grep Network
    06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
    Sources.list:
    Code:
    # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20150205-22:46]/ kali contrib main non-free
    
    #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20150205-22:46]/ kali contrib main non-free
    
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
    deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
    
    ## Security updates
    deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

    The following packages are installed:
    Code:
    b43-fwcutter
    broadcom-sta-common
    broadcom-sta-source
    firmware-brcm80211
    firmware-linux-nonfree
    /etc/network/interfaces:
    Code:
    # The loopback network interface
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    
    # The primary network interface
    allow-hotplug eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    Thanks in advance for any tips and guidance.

  2. #2
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    I tried following the instructions here: https://wiki.debian.org/wl.

    Got stuck on this step.

    ~# modprobe wl
    libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:791 kmod_module_insert_module: could not find module by name='wl'
    ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Function not implemented
    libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:925 command_do: Error running install command for wl
    ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted

  3. #3
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    Same. This issue is still not fixed, I think nobody knows how to make it work. Very frustrating.

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