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Author: Vernon Geiszler
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Broadcom WiFi (Solved)
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> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:56:50 -1000
> From: Joel Roth <joelz@???>
> To: Vernon Geiszler <vernon.geiszler@???>
> Subject: Re: [DNG] Broadcom WiFi
> Message-ID: <20240711195650.e3q3v3hkjn5sg56t@sprite>
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> Hi Vernon,
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> Great that the live cd gets a wireless connection.
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> I'm using a broadcom wifi adapter with the b43 driver. I
> used the steps you mention.
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> $ lspci -nn | grep 14e4
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> 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43228
> 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359]
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> $ lsmod | grep b43
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> b43                   466944  0
> cordic                 16384  1 b43
> bcma                   69632  1 b43
> mac80211             1175552  1 b43
> ssb                    94208  1 b43
> cfg80211             1134592  3 wl,b43,mac80211
> mmc_core              212992  5 b43,sdhci,ssb,cqhci,sdhci_pci

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> Hope you find a solution.
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> Joel Roth
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> Thank you Joel. The lsmod | grep b43 showed me that it wanted

firmware-brcm80211 . I installed it and now have wifi.

Vernon