After i changed to zorin os 17 from windows i dont see my wifi in list of them

Installing Zorin OS
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i post the terminal output for and i thank everyone who will try to help me.
~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM43142 802.11b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlp2s0
version: 01
serial: c0:18:85:c2:45:93
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.271 (r587334)
latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:16 memory:f1500000-f1507fff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: enp3s0
version: 05
serial: 5c:f9:dd:42:ab:cc
size: 100Mbit/s
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=6.5.0-18-generic duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw ip=192.168.1.1 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f1404000-f1404fff memory:f1400000-f1403fff

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You are using Broadcom which also considers their drivers proprietary. Likely, the drivers need DKMS in order to keep up with Kernel Upgrades. Using your Ethernet or using a mobile phone hotspot tethered with USB cable, connect to internet and in terminal run:

sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-dkms

Once done, please reboot and test Wifi...

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Hello,

hopefully this lengthy response will help you:

It has saved me a couple of times.

In short:

  • run
lspci -nn -d 14e4:

  • Find the pci.id
    (something like [14e4:4320]

  • Find the appropriate driver for your hardware (see the link above)

  • Install the driver

  • Reboot.

Edit: typos

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Hi again. I followed your advice but unfortunately it didnt solve my problem. But even so i learn things and i really thank you that you are detailed in your saying.

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Hello and thanks for your help. i found the pci.id but in reading of instructions in the website you linked i noticed (The system has to start from scratch in order for this to work and to avoid any conflicts that may appear if earlier work was done.). This stopped me to continue because i remember i did an update to drivers. This new day after work i will study more carefully this website you advised me and i will try again. The fact is that by following the responses i learn and this is important for me.

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My problem is solved without do much more than what you advised except that i pushed the button wps in my modem. Thank you very much.

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