wifi not connecting BCM43142 : 14e4:4365 : wl

[Peter Woodard]

I tried all the help pages I could find several times over. no success. posted on Ubuntu help. The question was voted down, no response. I have a useless machine. Why bother with Linux when there's no assistance? I did get the wifi working at one stage, however, after a shut down and restart it didn't work again.

I am not a programmer but can follow simple instructions (copy & paste into a terminal is OK for me). .

BCM43142 wl 14e4:4365
"no wireless extensions"
Sony Vaio svf14a18scp
Latest version of Ubuntu (just installed)

I do have a wired internet connection now, but the machine has to be wireless when returned to the owner.

Urgent assistance is required. Please do something.

regards
Peter

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.36~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Mar 6 11:41:30 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-02 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)