Trouble configuring BCM4312 wireless card on Debian 3.2.60

Head_on_a_Stick · 01-25-2015, 03:00 PM

<Ctrl>+c to stop the pingin'

You are connected -- well done!

clydeBruckman · 01-25-2015, 03:01 PM

Thanks so much for your help. So I don't need to supply a passkey, for some reason? I guess now I go on to download the wireless-card firmware and such.

Head_on_a_Stick · 01-25-2015, 03:02 PM

Your ethernet connection doesn't need a password but your wireless does (WPA2, hopefully).

clydeBruckman · 01-25-2015, 03:08 PM

Okay. I tried to download the Broadcom firmware the tutorial recommended, 'firmware-b43-installer', but it could not be located. Is it out of date?

Head_on_a_Stick · 01-25-2015, 03:24 PM

Your device requires the wl driver -- follow this guide:
https://wiki.debian.org/wl#Debian_7_.22Wheezy.22

EDIT: You should also update your system -- Debian is up to version 7.8 now:

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Run these commands every week or so to get security updates & bug fixes for your system.

clydeBruckman · 01-25-2015, 07:26 PM

Hi,

thanks; I just upgraded. Well, it's going right now. I'll try the guide. Thanks again! I'll continue being a pest if I run up against any other walls.

business_kid · 01-26-2015, 03:39 AM

The debian specific parts of the guide there may well be out of date. It's either wl OR b43, definitely not both. If you have a guide that's working, carry on.