Broadcom BCM4352 wireless not working on new install

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yaboi
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Broadcom BCM4352 wireless not working on new install

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Trying to get Linux Mint 21 Vanessa with Cinnamon desktop running on an old Lenovo laptop. Driver manager shows no new drivers needed. Output below from terminal shows no driver for the wireless adapter so it is no surprise WiFi is not working. Wired connection is working fine. I think I need bcmwl-kernel-source driver but I am not sure where to get the correct version and how to install.

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garageboi@garageboi:~$ inxi -Fxxxz && rfkill list && mokutil --sb-state
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80HE v: Lenovo YOGA 3 Pro-1370
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo YOGA 3 Pro-1370
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: VIUU4 v: 31900058 WIN serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: A6CN38WW date: 09/30/2014
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.9 Wh (96.9%) condition: 36.0/44.0 Wh (81.7%)
    volts: 8.4 min: 7.6 model: Getac SDS-BAT type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel 5Y70 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 898 high: 899 min/max: 500/2600 cores: 1: 898 2: 898
    3: 899 4: 898 bogomips: 10376
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5300 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:161e
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Acer Lenovo EasyCamera integrated webcam type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 5986:0535 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3200x1800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 846x476mm (33.3x18.7")
    s-diag: 971mm (38.2")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Samsung res: 3200x1800 hz: 60 dpi: 277
    size: 293x165mm (11.5x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") modes: 3200x1800
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5300 (BDW GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-67-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo
    driver: N/A pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 14e4:43b1 class-ID: 0280
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
    bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 0bda:8152 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enx5c857e3e88c6 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai BCM20702A0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0489:e07a class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
    bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 1000
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 27.09 GiB (5.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZNTE512HMJH-000L2 size: 476.94 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 6L0Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.89 GiB used: 13.54 GiB (2.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C pch: 41.0 C mobo: 27.8 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 227 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.68 GiB
  used: 1.89 GiB (24.6%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Packages: apt: 2182 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
SecureBoot disabled
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Re: Broadcom BCM4352 wireless not working on new install

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Try:

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sudo apt install --reinstall bcmwl-kernel-source
Reboot
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