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Just installed my first Linux Distro; Ubuntu 14.04 and I couldn't access the wifi. I tried following some other guides but all of them didn't and gave me Errors. Can I have some clear instructions as to what I should do? (considering I have no idea how to code let alone use Ubuntu efficiently) I'm not allowed to post screenshots/images but I don't have any wifi options in the drop down menu on the top right of the bar.

lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 gives:

06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN [103c:1356]
    Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
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    Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command. – Pilot6 Jul 22 '15 at 17:18
  • Do you have a wired internet access in Ubuntu? – Pilot6 Jul 22 '15 at 17:21
  • Yeah, that's how im on the internet currently. Using an ethernet cable – nichh Jul 22 '15 at 17:22
  • I made an easy solution for you. Look down. – Pilot6 Jul 22 '15 at 17:36
  • Ok it seemed to work for the most part. But just to be sure what is meant by "After you follow this guide, you will NEED to test your wireless connection for at least 2 hours (I actually recommend 8 hours) with another device in either Ad-Hoc Mode, Infrastructure Mode or Both" ? And how will i do this? – nichh Jul 22 '15 at 18:21

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You can run in terminal

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
sudo modprobe -r b43
sudo modprobe b43

and Wi-Fi will work.

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  • Well I take that back... It seems while the Wifi has been enabled and i can seen all the networks i am not able to connect to them :/ I've gone back to the wired connection for now – nichh Jul 22 '15 at 18:03
  • @NickHarper Turn off your wired connection, then wireless will work. – Pilot6 Jul 22 '15 at 19:41