[Solved] Re: WLAN missing on freshly installed Laptop

[Volker Wysk]

Hello!

Am Saturday 19 March 2016, 16:30:57 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Hello everybody.
> 
> I want to install Kubuntu on a friend's laptop (about seven years old), but
> I can't get WLAN to work,
> although I've installed it on my own Laptop, which did work properly.
> 
> There is no WLAN-configuration in the Kubuntu-Installer.
> 
> I can't remember the command to report this any longer, but the machine
> appears to have a WLAN controller.
> 
> On my own Laptop, there is a KDE WLAN icon, in the control bar at the
> bottom, where you can chose a WLAN hotspot. This is missing on my friend's.
> We also could not find something WLAN related in the System Settings.
> 
> In the Kubuntu installer it appears the networking configuration is skipped.
> 
> My friend's laptop is a Dell Vostro 1720. The distribution is Kubuntu 15.10.
> 
> 
> I would be grateful for any suggestions.

I've solved the issue by installing bcmwl-kernel-source and rebooting (found 
it in the ubuntu-users list). Thanks.

bye
V.W.