Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)"

[Dan Purgert]

On Oct 24, 2023, Susmita/Rajib wrote:
> [...]
> -Product-
> Name          : HP Notebook (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)
> Family                : 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP (Hewlett-Packard, 
> www.hp.com)
> Vendor                : Hewlett-Packard (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)
> 

HP are generally very anti-consumer, and include device whitelists in
their BIOS/UEFI loaders that will prevent your PC from booting if there
isn't HP-approved wifi (etc.) in there -- at least on the PCI bus.

Additionally, your machine (or at least the model) appears to be about
10 years old (so chances of HP still selling parts is a bit slim); so
you're probably "limited" to grabbing one of the generic USB dongles
that're on the market, based on various Realtek chipsets (such as the
8811xU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac ones).



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