I'm using my HP Probook 6450B with Xubuntu 16.04.1. This laptop uses the following iswifi chipset
robert@HP-Probook:~$ lspci | grep -i wireless 44:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Wireless work out of the box with Xubuntu. If you need a usb wifi adapter, this works great with a linux distro. ebayitem.com/181573442300 it uses Ralink 5370 chipset. On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 3:03 AM, Alexandre GRIVEAUX <agrive...@deutnet.info> wrote: > Le 12/02/2017 à 05:55, Doug a écrit : > > > > On 02/11/2017 11:02 PM, Billy O wrote: > > hello my name is William O'Brien > > I have been using and researching debian for alittle while now and have > been trying to access wifi I have tried several different ways and > researched many tutorials and help sections with very little success and > was wondering if you might be able to assist me with my problem. > > so currently the computer I am trying to gain access with is a dell 1521 > with Broadcom 4311 > > the debian os works fine. however the few ways I have tried don't seem to > give me any closer to accessing wifi and may end up re installing the os > > but am wondering if theres any expert advice you might be able to give on > this subject. > > -- > William O'Brien > > The Broadcom wifi boards are notorious! Windows has drivers for them, and > in my experience Mint 7 KDE 64-bit LTE also does. (Both work "out of the > box.") PCLinuxOS does not, and it is a > bitch to get it to work under PCLOS, altho possible. It may be more > difficult now, because I believe that Broadcom has been bought out by > another outfit. There is a large batch of comments > on the PCLINUXOS FORUMS, dating back to 2014, and some from 2015 and 2016, > many involving me. (dougmack) > > Seeing that you are using Deb, you might find it easier to switch to Mint, > which also uses the deb install system, and is filewise compatible with > Ubuntu, which as you probably know, was > a spinoff from Debian. > > To some extent at least, Google is your friend. Put in Linux and Broadcom > 4311 and you may find some help there. I'm sure you can access the PCLOS > Forum without registering or signing > in, altho you can't post unless you do register. It is a pretty friendly > user interface, with a search feature, so you should be able to find most > of the Broadcom correspondence there. > > Good luck! You're going to need it! > > --doug > > PS: If you can find a wifi board that's directly supported by Debian, it > may be worth your while to buy one and plug it in. I think they're all > pretty interchangeable. That would save you > hours of grief. I almost did that, but finally got it to work before I > went to that extreme. > > -- > Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both > sides.--A.M.Greeley > > Hello, > > Try with packages firmware-b43-installer from debian non-free repository( > you need to add this repository either in synaptic or via > /etc/apt/sources.list) , this package take care of downloading the > firmware, see: > > https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43?s[]=bcm4311 > > > @+Alex >
