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Re: [LUG] Debian 7 and wifi

 

On 15/06/13 12:37, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> I have a spare laptop for testing purposes. Until recently it was
> running Xubuntu 12.04. I have also previously used it with other
> distros, Mint for example. In all cases it found the wifi from the
> router without any problem, at installation.
> 
> I am now testing Debian 7 Xfce on it. Mostly it works but, for some
> reason, it does not find the wifi. Same laptop, same router. I have been
> looking around the internet for possible answers, so far without
> success. I think the necessary firmware is installed
> 
> BCM4318. The bc43 cutter is installed. This new version of Debian is
> just out and I quite expected it to find the wifi without any problem.

The wiki is fairly explicit about how to set it up.

The 4318 is supported by firmware-b43-installer in contrib.

Doesn't look to me like the firmware cutter should be needed, but
without the same hardware it is hard to tell.

http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx


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