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Computer: HP Stream Notebook 11.6" Intel Celeron CPU N2840. WiFi was working in Windows, replaced Windows with Ubuntu 16.04. I have no Ethernet connection, so have not been able to connect to the internet at all. What I've tried: gone to Software & Updates/Available Drivers, 802 is selected. I suspect the problem may lie in the Add/Edit Wifi connections box, in the Device field. If that is for my computer's NIC MAC address, I have been unable to find it with lshw or grep commands because the portion of the resulting display which would contain my MAC is in the eth0 section, and I have no Ethernet connection. Suggestions and redirection welcome. 

lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list:
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:000c]
    Kernel driver in use: wl
    Kernel modules: ssb, wl

$ rfkill list
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: brcmwl-0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
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  • Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list terminal command.
    – Pilot6
    Jul 4, 2017 at 16:30
  • Thanks Pilot6, I ran the 2 commands you said, and have added the results to the original question.
    – mrhyde7600
    Jul 13, 2017 at 19:08

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You installed a wrong driver for your wireless device.

Connect to the internet by wire and run

sudo apt purge bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt install firmware-b43-installer
sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe b43

Your Wi-Fi should be working.

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