- INSTALLING BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER INSTALL
- INSTALLING BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER PC
- INSTALLING BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER ISO
downloading the installer package for firmware for the b43 driver, and other guides you can find in the web), but I simply got stucked and could not solve the issue. One thing that maybe is not clear is that before doing that way I have described, I tried other ways (e.g. Thus, how this can be easier and simpler?
Instead, the procedure you are suggesting requires downloading (much?) more than 2 files, up to the point that all the dependencies are satisfied. According to the procedure I have followed, I need to download only 2 files, and that's all.
INSTALLING BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER PC
I must use another PC to download all the "stuff" (let me use this term) that is necessary, and then copy this stuff to the other PC, where I have to "install" it.
Thank you for the time you are spending with me and for your hints, anyway there's just one point still I don't understand well.
INSTALLING BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER INSTALL
You see, compiling stuff is seldom the best and certainly not the easiest choice, especially within Debian.Įven if you had to manually download the headers' package and whatever other dependency those broadcom driver needed, it would have been far more straightforward and definitely easier to simply install Debian packages Mor wrote:The reason why I suggested the wl alternative is that while it may have seemed to you that the route you've chosen is an easier way to get connected, that is untrue. Well, the work is done! Likely this guide is not useful for some skilled or experienced user, but for a Debian newbie like me, it's the kind of info that are really valuable! In another distribution this could be different. Note: The standard place in Wheezy 7.5 where firmware is installed to is /lib/firmware. 38.tar.bz2Įxtract this tarball in a folder (the same as previous or another one):Īnd finally extract the firmware from it:ī43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o. Now, after installing b43-fwcutter, download version 5.100.138 of Broadcom's proprietary driver from here. I simply report here the procedure to be followed, in a clear way:īy means of another PC with an internet connection, download the b43-fwcutter (version 018) from here:Ĭopy this file in the PC where you want the driver to be installed.Įxtract the b43-fwcutter tarball in a folder (tar xjf 2, if you use the terminal), and then:
cefirmware), that is using the b43-fwcutter to extract the firmware from the Broadcom's proprietary driver. Of course, running Wheezy, I could not connect my laptop to my wireless modem just because of this problem, and so I needed a solution to install the right driver(s) but without a connection in my laptop!Īfter long googling, finally I have found the solution (. Anyway, I went along and finished the installation. But during the installation, the installer informed me that some firmware was missing, i.e.
INSTALLING BROADCOM ETHERNET CONTROLLER ISO
iso image file of Wheezy 7.5 from the official repositories, put it on a USB key, and started the installation process with no internet connection. The wireless card interface in my laptop is one belonging to the "infamous", not Linux-friendly broadcom family. I just want to share with you my personal experience, hoping that this can be useful to someone else.
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