Broadcom BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4313, BCM4321, BCM4322, BCM43224, BCM43225, BCM43227, BCM43228 devices (wl) on Debian
The proprietary Broadcom wl driver (aka broadcom-sta) provides support for some Broadcom-based PCI hardware. It includes a binary-only component targeted for the x86 or x86-64 architecture. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page.
The BCM4313, BCM43224 and BCM43225 chipsets are alternatively supported by the brcm80211 driver.Instalation :
Wheezy
1.Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:# Debian Wheezy/7.0 testing
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contib
2.Update the list of available packages. Install the Module-Assistant and Wireless-Tools package.
# aptitude update
# aptitude install module-assistant wireless-tools
3.Build and install a broadcom-sta-modules-* package for your system, using Module-Assistant:
# m-a a-i broadcom-sta
if something wrong with your installation, just install Realtek Firmware :
# aptitude install firmware-realtek
4.Blacklist the brcm80211 module, to prevent it conflicting for support of BCM4313, BCM43224 and BCM43225 devices:
# echo blacklist brcm80211 >> /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf
5.Rebuildyour initial ramdisk, to blacklist modules defined at /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf within initramfs:
# update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
6.Unloaad conflicting modules:
# modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcm80211
7.Load the wl module:
# modprobe wl
8.Verify your device has an available interface:
# iwconfig
9.Reebot your System n you will see wifi confirmation that your connection can estabilished show on Network Manager
#shutdown -r now
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