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My laptop has 5GHz support for Wi-Fi but 5GHz networks are not showing up. Only 2.4 Ghz networks are being listed.

5GHz networks are working perfectly in Windows. In Ubuntu, they're not showing up.

My output of iwlist <interface> freq is :

wlp6s0    32 channels in total; available frequencies :
          Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
          Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
          Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
          Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
          Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
          Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
          Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
          Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
          Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
          Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
          Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
          Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
          Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
          Channel 14 : 2.484 GHz
          Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
          Channel 38 : 5.19 GHz
          Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
          Channel 42 : 5.21 GHz
          Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
          Channel 46 : 5.23 GHz
          Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
          Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
          Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
          Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
          Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
          Channel 100 : 5.5 GHz
          Channel 104 : 5.52 GHz
          Channel 108 : 5.54 GHz
          Channel 112 : 5.56 GHz
          Channel 116 : 5.58 GHz
          Channel 120 : 5.6 GHz
          Channel 124 : 5.62 GHz
          Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)

What's the exact problem? And how to troubleshoot it? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I downloaded drivers from bcwml-kernel-source

Edit : I'm using Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 Focal Fossa LTS Release. I don't know about the stack details. My Network Controller is Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)

Kalyan
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