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I recently keep having the problem that my internet stops working. On firefox, I get server not found. And the usual make sure that you didn't type ww instead of www.

Wi-Fi is still connected. A restart always fixes the problem. In Skype, I get multiple messages with people going offline at the exact same moment. Is there a way to fix this so I don't have to keep restarting it?

$ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:16b4] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:16b4]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
01:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785 SDXC/MMC Card Reader [14e4:16bc] (rev 10)
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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:00f5]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge

UPDATE:

It seems that Skype keeps fluctuating between everyone offline and some online. But it happens separately to when the browser stops working


I have a MacBook Pro with Ubuntu as a partition

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  • Please edit your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 terminal command.
    – Pilot6
    Jun 1, 2015 at 14:17
  • Done. I also recently donwloaded broadcom wl because 14e4:4331 was not supported
    – John K
    Jun 1, 2015 at 14:27
  • What is your Ubuntu version? Can you connect to internet by wire?
    – Pilot6
    Jun 1, 2015 at 14:30
  • No I cannot. My ubuntu version is 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)
    – John K
    Jun 1, 2015 at 14:31
  • No. I am not asking how to download the wireless drivers. I already did so. But the internet fluctuates between working and not working. Wi-Fi still is connected when it stops working.
    – John K
    Jun 1, 2015 at 14:33

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Your wireless wl driver is not installed. You probably tried to install a wrong version that did not build for 14.04.

When wl driver is installed, lspci -knn | grep Net -A2 shows Kernel driver in use: wl

Install the driver this way.

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  • it turns out that installing the proper wl did work. It could've been a wrong version...
    – John K
    Jun 6, 2015 at 15:15

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