On 02/11/2017 11:02 PM, Billy O wrote:
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 |