Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:55:52 -0700 - Vernon Geiszler via Dng
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> > Message: 6
> > 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.
> >
> > I'm using a broadcom wifi adapter with the b43 driver. I
> > used the steps you mention.
> >
> > $ 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]
> >
> > $ lsmod | grep b43
> >

> > 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
> >
> > Thank you Joel. The lsmod | grep b43 showed me that it wanted
> firmware-brcm80211 . I installed it and now have wifi.

Great.

Even if this is not a "clean" (meaning security and|or privacy oriented)
solution: now you have a non-free binary firmware (i.e. unsecure) working on
the network interface of your system... :-(

If you want a more secure solution, you can try a "free" (with no non-free
firmware) wifi dongle, as suggested by someother.

Regards
alexus


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