Network Manager fails to appear: unable to access wifi networks

[joseph navarro]

The network discovery functions does not appear on the main bar in the upper right hand corner. I am only provided with ethernet and VPN options.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu1~1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Apr 17 19:04:11 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)