Le 12/02/2017 à 05:02, Billy O a écrit : > 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. >
Hello, I would suggest: - to verify that the wifi chipset is indeed a Broadcom 4311 because Dell sells laptops with the same generic reference and different wireless chipsets (type lspci | grep -i wireless in a terminal and you will have this information) - in case this is a Broadcom 4311, it needs a proprietary firmware and can be managed by one the two following drivers: b43 (not b43-legacy) or wl. take a look on the Debian wiki at: https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#b43-b43legacy https://wiki.debian.org/wl the easyest way is probably b43
