> On 18 Mar 2022, at 06:32, Joel Roth via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> Thanks to Aitor (twice), Steve, Gregory, Simon for your
> informative suggestions.
>
> Associating my broadcom bcm43228 adapter with the wifi
> router has been hit-and-miss, mostly miss with a rare,
> inexplicable success.
>
> I tried the usual suspects - upgrading the system,
> removing and reinstalling/reinserting the drivers.
>
> It's not worth beating my head much more over this dodgy
> driver. I can manage without wifi for now, at least until I
> can find a linux-friend USB wifi dongle.
>
> To respond to Steve, for 10+ years I've never had problems
> with wpa_supplicant. Perhaps bugs in the wifi hardware or
> FIRMWARE have caused your wpa_supplicant to hang. Anyway
> you have a solution.
>
> Again, thanks to all for your generous help.
>
> joel

I’ve previously had success with some of the devices listed on GNU Respects Your Freedom website https://ryf.fsf.org/main-page, except now it seems they only go up to 802.11n and might be a bit outdated for some people if you need a faster network.

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Tom