Wireless Driver for Broadcom BCM 4312 will not stay connected to a wireless network

Question

I have a HP Pavillion dv6000 with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and a Broadcom wireless card (BCM4312).

My Ethernet connection is fine. But when the wifi is turned on, it will stay connected for a short time and then disconnect and reconnect again. The wireless card is supposed to use the b43 driver, but it still does not hold the connection.

How can I fix my WiFi problem?

this is the returned mssg: wl 6144840 0 cfg80211 418839 1 wl — Ted Tarant, May 04 '15 at 21:29
possible duplicate of [Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers](http://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers) — Eric Carvalho, Jul 06 '15 at 12:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '15 at 23:42

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Using the ethernet temporarily, please open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer   
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

Detach the ethernet, reboot and tell us if the wireless is working as expected.

answered May 04 '15 at 23:42

chili555

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