[Wylug-discuss] Laptops again

Paul Brook paul at codesourcery.com
Mon Oct 24 10:19:05 UTC 2011


> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

Short story is that there are two drivers for Broadcom chipsets: b43 which has 
been about for years [originally] based on reverse-engineering, and brcmsmac 
which is Broadcom's eventual attempt at an open source driver.  The former is 
usually the preferred solution, but unfortunately doesn't support your 
chipset.

See http://lwn.net/Articles/456762/

You'll probably also need to get the firmware yourself. See
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211

Paul



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