WiFi Worked in Windows 10, not working in Ubuntu 14.04

[SOGGHD]

I have an ASUS PCI WiFi chip and it works great in Windows 10 (and previously 8.1) but when I dual booted with Ubuntu 14.04 it no longer works. When I was first installed Ubuntu I did the "Try First" option and it was able to connect there. Now that I've permanently installed Ubuntu it doesn't work and when I try to enable it under "additional drivers" it asks for authentication but doesn't work once I "authenticate" it. Please Help!! PS. I'm a Linux noob

 

[Lutfij]

This thread belongs in the Open Source Software section. Moving thread and hopefully should be bumped up the chart to get hits.

Good luck mate!

 

[skittle]

Post output os 'sudo lspci'

 

[SOGGHD]

Post output os 'sudo lspci'

Sorry I'm really new to Linux, I tried typing that into Terminal and it said 'command not found' . Is there something else I'm supposed to do first? Thanks for the help. (Sorry for the late response)

 

[skittle]

Put it without quotes lspci lists the pci devices on the system. sudo runs the command with administration/root/superuser privlages

 

[SOGGHD]

Put it without quotes lspci lists the pci devices on the system. sudo runs the command with administration/root/superuser privlages

Thanks

 

[skittle]

You can just post the copy/paste console output, no need for screenshot. In fact this is generally preferred because it is easier to read and searchable!

the relevant bit of information you are looking for in this output is:

broadcom corporation bcm4360 (rev 03)

this is the chipset for your wireless device. unfortunately broadcom is well known for not being open source friendly so most distrobutions cannot (legally) distribute drivers/firmware for many of their hardware. If you launch the command 'dmesg' you will probably also see some error message associated with it.

Connect to internet via ethernet connection and run this command in console to install and load the driver/firmware:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo modprobe wl

'apt-get' is the package manager command. 'update' tells the package manager to grab latest package list.
'bcmwl-kernel-source' is the broadcom proprietary driver.
'modprobe wl' loads the driver broadcom 'wl' driver