On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 09:16:47 -0800
David Arnstein <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a recent model Macbook Air that I would like to use with Tails.
> 
> I was able to boot this machine from a Tails USB flash drive that I 
> made. My method was to use the Tails installer, in Tails, in a
> Parallels virtual machine.
> 
> Problem: no network function. The networking icon in the upper right 
> corner of the Tails screen reports "No network devices available."
> 
> OSX has a system report feature. It reports the following WiFi
> hardware: Airport Extreme (0x14e4,0x117)
> Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.124.12.10)
> 
> Any suggestions?

I see that the MacBook Air has no ethernet port. I would:

- Boot your USB in another machine.
- Configure Persistence to save the APT packages
        https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/configure/
- Install broadcom-sta-dkms to have the wireless driver
- Boot again from the MacbookAir and install again (You will not need
  Internet for this, as the package should have been saved in the
  Persistent Volume)

This package conflicts with other drivers, but we are working on giving
better support for this wireless cards, see:
 
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7798

If this solution works for you, you can configure Tails to install it
at boot everytime, see:

https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/configure/#additional_software
 

I hope this helps!

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