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
