I've recently installed Ubuntu 17.10 on a Macbook Pro (Mid 2012). It's not dual boot so is my only os. I've noticed a few problems with the internet connection, the first being that I am only averaging around 20mb download speeds when I was receiving my usual 80mp/s on Mac OS and this is still the case when doing a speed test on my iPhone and android tablet.
The other issue is that my wireless internet connection will die after awhile, sometimes after 2 mins, sometimes 2 hours, requiring a reboot to restore the signal.
I'm quite computer literate, but linux is completely new to me so when searching for solutions, although I can find similar problems, I can't seem to find a solution for my particular wireless adapter. Is there anybody willing to reply with a step by step guide to a solution? I would really appreciate it. I'm enjoying my linux experience so far, but this has put a huge dampener on my enthusiasm and I'm considering switching back because of it.
Running lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3 gives me the following.....
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Broadcom Limited BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: bcma
iwconfig gives me.....
wlp2s0b1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"BTHub5-9W95"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 90:72:82:83:5E:2F
Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=58/70 Signal level=-52 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:2319 Invalid misc:5084 Missed beacon:0
enp1s0f0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
I do have another problem setting up a dual boot with windows, but I'll leave that to see if I can get a solution to these issues first.
Thank you all in advance....
lspci -nnk | grep 0280 -A3
Next, edit your question to add the result. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. – chili555 Feb 27 '18 at 22:15iwconfig
– Jeremy31 Feb 27 '18 at 22:34dmesg | grep -e b43 -e bcma
As the result may be lengthy, paste the result here and give us the link: paste.ubuntu.com – chili555 Feb 27 '18 at 22:36