Broadcom brcm80211 installation from source

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Hello need help to get my wifi chipset working.I have brcmsmac driver and i would like to have brcm80211 chipset up and running. I have tried everything but nothing helped?

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
Copy brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw and brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw to /lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed on your system).

still got brcmsmac ??

then i tryed

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
cd ~/linux-next/drivers/staging/brcm80211 nano Makefile

the problem is that there is no brcm82011 folder?? do i follow cd ~/linux-next-a694cb1 like the link sad? i have Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 [14e4:4727]

I clearly mentioned in my previous answer that wl driver supports ad-hoc and managed mode only. For monitor mode you can use brcmsmac driver. — adnan kamili, Feb 09 '12 at 14:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 17 '24 at 23:33

There is no need of doing this much stuff. with brcmsmac your wifi should work fine but it only supports managed and monitor mode. There is no support for ad-hoc, access point and bridges yet. So a better option is use a "wl0" driver which supports managed and ad-hoc modes plus bridges and works much better. Procedure for installation:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

or you can install it from synaptic manager also, make sure broadcom-sta-common, broadcom-sta-source, firmware-b43* are NOT INSTALLED.

Even if you install the wl0 driver it won't load automatically as it is blacklisted by default. So make sure /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43.conf file looks like this:

\# Warning: This file is autogenerated by bcmwl. All changes to this file will be lost.
blacklist b43
blacklist b43legacy
blacklist ssb
\#blacklist bcm43xx
\#blacklist brcm80211
blacklist brcmsmac
blacklist bcma

If you wish you can copy above contents in your blacklist-bcm43.conf file.
Hope this works, best of luck! and make sure you restart your pc.

now i got wl driver but my chipset still unknown, and now i cant get my card in to monitor mode? damn — calmpitbull, Feb 07 '12 at 20:52
i had brcm80211 before, cuz im working with aircrack and i cant get ignore negative one patch to work if i dont have brcm80211 — calmpitbull, Feb 07 '12 at 20:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 31 '13 at 11:58

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all I did is,

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

edited Dec 31 '13 at 11:58

Avinash Raj

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answered Apr 28 '13 at 06:03

Nean Romero

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Broadcom brcm80211 installation from source

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