G585 wired and wifi networking problems - please help!!

Just purchased a new G585 a couple weeks ago. After trying Win 8, I realized what a complete POS of an OS it is and installed Win 7.
2 Major problems:
1. Ethernet connection erratically disconnects - no rhyme or reason - sometimes works other times doesn't. I've tested on two diff networks - the same behavior.
2. Cannot install wifi - tried the drivers from Lenovo site - no go - tried drivers someone had recommended (broadcom wifi5.100.196.18) these did not work either - device still unrecognized in device manager
This is my 9th Lenovo laptop over the years. The others were great. This one seems to have serious issues.
Can anyone assist please???

I have had these same connectivity issue since I bought the laptop in March of 2013. It is January 2014, and is will still drop connectivity for no apparent reason, be incredibly slow when it IS connected, and sometimes just sop seeing the network altogether (and this happens on every netwrok I have attempted to connect to).
The most obnoxious thing is that after spending several hours over multiple days on the phone with tech supprt, they said I needed to send it in for repair. So I did. It was gone two weeks and when I got ti back, they claimed that had repaired it, but everything was exactly the same.
Combine that with the lack of help for the company and the fact that this seems to be the only laptop where edge swipes on the touchpad cannot be disabled, this Lenovo laptop is the worst computer I have ever owned, period. And I mean ever.
If there ACTUALLY IS a way to fix this issue, I would love to hear it, bit nothing that anywone ever suggest actually works. I thought maybe if I upgraded to Windows 8.1 it would help, but the Lenovo site lists the G585 as a model you shouldn't update because of monitor driver issues witht he upgrade. It really looks to me like Lenovo has written this model off completely.
I will never buy another Lenovo product and I will direct other people to other brands. Words cannot describe my frustration and disappointment.

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