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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Zanetti, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
better.

1) Could you please execute the following in a terminal and post the results to this report:
lspci -vvnn | grep -A 9 Network
apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version
sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
sudo dmidecode -s system-version
sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer

2) Regarding your Bug Description:
>"UPDATE: Up to kernel 3.13.0-23 a patched working package of bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6 can be found in the comments of this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1189611 ..."

Please do not make people dumpster dive for information elsewhere that
should be posted in full detail in the bug description. Hence, could you
please provide a click-for-click on how to implement your WORKAROUND?

3) Does using the open source b43 driver provide a WORKAROUND as
outlined in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx ?

** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
   bcmwl-kernel-source >= 6.30.223.30+bdcom-0ubuntu1 fails to see 5GHz
  networks and is unstable on 2.5GHz

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hardware: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)

  This chip is working perfectly fine on 2.5GHz and 5GHz using version
  6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6 of the driver.

  After upgrading to saucy or any newer version and installing version
  >=6.30.223.30+bdcom-0ubuntu1 it fails to find any 5GHz networks and
  connections on 2.5GHz are unstable.

  Downgrading the machine to kernel 3.8.x and bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6 (both from raring) makes the chip work again.
  UPDATE: Up to kernel  3.13.0-23 a patched working package of bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6 can be found in the comments of this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1189611
  Currently there is no way to have utopic with an up to date kernel and properly working BCM4331 chip at the same time.

  Looking at the changelog its most likely caused by the update to the
  new upstream release in version 6.30.223.30+bdcom.

  As of utopic unicorn this is still broken.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Oct 29 15:26:09 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-10 (717 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64+mac (20120926)
  SourcePackage: bcmwl
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2013-10-22 (372 days ago)

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