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Old 01-09-2016, 12:01 PM   #1
BorisCharkov
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Cannot find wifi, dual boot Fedora 23 running on MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)


I just installed Fedora 23 with dual boot on my MacBookPro early 2011, every runs like it's supposed to except the wifi. The only way I can have internet is with Ethernet cable or if I use a network adapter... I want to be able to go online without the cable or the adapter.
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https://support.apple.com/kb/SP619?locale=en_US - if this helps, here it is
 
Old 01-10-2016, 10:22 PM   #2
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Hi and Welcome to LQ.

Congrads on your fresh installation of Fedora-

Looking at the spec's of your Mac you have a standard 802.11 wireless card on your Mac's mobo.
Code:
Wi-Fi wireless networking2 (based on IEEE 802.11n specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
To find out the exact wireless card that you have run this command.
Code:
lspci | grep -i wireless
With that information you should be able to find a linux driver for it.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US..._Wireless.html

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/
 
Old 01-11-2016, 08:03 PM   #3
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Thank you for responding to me, but I still haven't solved my issue. I went in to the terminal and when I typed lspci | grep -i wireless , nothing showed up , but when I just used lspci I got a long list of information, out of that list , I think the Network controller is responsible for the WiFi not functioning
Network controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 801.11a/a/b/g/n (rev 02 )
Just now I realized that I never used this "Wi-Fi wireless networking2 (based on IEEE 802.11n specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible"
Maybe that's why the lspci | grep -i wireless didn't show anything, if that is the case, I'm gonna be pissed at myself...
 
Old 01-11-2016, 11:11 PM   #4
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Installing the driver for your BCM4331 card should help.

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/b43

Follow the instructions here for Fedora-
http://linuxwireless.sipsolutions.ne...rs/b43/#Fedora
 
  


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