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After an Ubuntu Update, the WiFi was not working. When running the sudo lshw -C network in a terminal window, the statement '*-network UNCLAIMED ' was presented for the network controller (Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n)

Bug #2023396 reported by Jon Coomber on 2023-06-09

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned
	linux-firmware (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

The Ubuntu Release information shown after running 'lsb_release -a'
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

The printout from the terminal window after running lshw -C network
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
       vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:aa100000-aa107fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
       logical name: enp7s0
       version: 07
       serial: 20:47:47:49:34:06
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=5.19.0-44-generic firmware=rtl8106e-1_0.0.1 06/29/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:19 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:aa000000-aa000fff memory:c0000000-c0003fff

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-44.45~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: jon 2489 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: jon 2489 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: N/A
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jun 9 06:55:51 2023
Dependencies: firmware-sof-signed 2.0-1ubuntu4.1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-23 (289 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.

enp7s0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 3543
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.19.0-44-generic root=UUID=ac729c56-ab63-4579-9c28-60763aa3e9f3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-5.19.0-44-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-5.19.0-44-generic N/A
linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.14
RfKill:
0: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/12/2019
dmi.bios.release: 65.11
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 0M9V4C
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd09/12/2019:br65.11:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3543:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn0M9V4C:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:sku0654:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3543
dmi.product.sku: 0654
dmi.product.version: A11
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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