This issue occurs on Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS as well on a HP Elitebook 725 G2 with Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n.
*-network description: Wireless interface product: BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 00 serial: ac:e0:10:e5:e9:4b width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.30.223.248 (r487574) latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg resources: irq:36 memory:d4800000-d4803fff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410872 Title: no scan results Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 14.10 Release: 14.10 bcmwl-kernel-source: Installed: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected result: find wifi networks Observable result: root@leghomeserver ~ # iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 No scan results Some more details: root@leghomeserver ~ # uname -a Linux leghomeserver 3.16.0-29-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 15 22:27:29 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@leghomeserver ~ # lspci |grep BCM 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1410872/+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