I've confirmed this is the case. Tried everything I could find on various forums, but the drivers in wl (and other related packages) do not provide connectivity with this chipset.
** Package changed: linux (Ubuntu) => wl (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: wl (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1432869 Title: No wireless access for BCM 43162 Status in wl package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: No connectivity on 14.04.2 for Lenovo Edge E555 using a BCM43162 wireless adapter. Here is what I got with lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net Network Controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:43ae] (rev 02) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:0622] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wl/+bug/1432869/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp