I have a vostro myself. But a BCM43224. Maybe the solution does not fit for you.

However this helped me out. Somehow the "sta" driver stopped working correctly. You need to install another driver. Before installing remove the following pack ages sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source (removing these was essential for me. Without I had massive connection problems with the b43 driver) Afterwards install the following packages sudo sudo then ing. apt-get install b43-fwcutter firmware-b43-installer echo b43 >> /etc/modules reboot and check if your card is found. (You can try by hand without reboot If you currently use the wl driver execute

sudo modprobe -r wl sudo modprobe b43