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I am new to Linux kubuntu 14, i tried installing kubuntu 14.04 without internet connection which went smoothly, when i finish installing i was surprise to get a network or connection icon with a red sign showing wireless disable.

Since i have been battling with all kind of solution to fix this problem i can't just find any, i went to internet point and also try to connect ethernet wire it didn't work also can someone help me. when i run 

lspci -nn

I get 

02.06.1 Firewire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas instruments PCIxx12 OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
02.0e.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c](rev 02)
10.00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
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Do:

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

Then:

sudo modprobe -v ssb
sudo modprobe -v b44

your ehternet should come on, give it a minute then do:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Reboot

Wild Man
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