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    No Wireless Interface

    I have an up-to-date Kali Linux 64-bit installation. My Network Controller is Broadcom's BCM43142. Currently the issue is I'm unable to use wireless, I had no issue using it by default with Ubuntu Gnome, but switching to Kali, for some reason it didn't like that. Currently tethering my phone to my laptop, which is why usb0 is there.

    Installing compat-wireless allowed me to enable wlan0 (and apparently wlan1 at the same time). However, my situation isn't any better. It doesn't see any of the networks (even though I'm right next to the router) and it doesn't allow me to manually connect via SSID.

    Headers & Driver Up-to-date as well.
    Code:
    linux-headers-amd64 is already the newest version (4.12+84+kali1).
    linux-image-amd64 is already the newest version (4.12+84+kali1).
    broadcom-sta-dkms is already the newest version (6.30.223.271-7).
    rfkill list (ignore the soft blocks, I have them on so as to not potentially interfere with usb tethering)
    Code:
    0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: yes
    	Hard blocked: no
    1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
    	Soft blocked: no
    	Hard blocked: no
    2: phy0: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: yes
    	Hard blocked: no
    3: phy1: Wireless LAN
    	Soft blocked: yes
    	Hard blocked: no
    5: hci0: Bluetooth
    	Soft blocked: no
    	Hard blocked: no
    iwconfig
    Code:
    ...
    wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
              Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
              Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:off
              Power Management:off
    
    wlan1     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any  
              Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
              Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
              Encryption key:off
              Power Management:off
    
    usb0      no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
              
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    ifconfig -a
    Code:
    ...
    
    wlan0: flags=802<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,PROMISC,ALLMULTI>  mtu 1500
            ether 56:02:62:53:50:35  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 18  bytes 1806 (1.7 KiB)
            RX errors 0  dropped 18  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    
    wlan1: flags=4098<BROADCAST,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
            ether 12:b2:4b:9e:40:60  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
            RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
            TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
            TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
    Last edited by Madg0d; 2017-09-10 at 18:43. Reason: additional info for new situation with compat-wireless

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