I tried literally all methods out there, so you definitely must be some kind of genius to get this right. I thought this is going to be easy, but no. So it came out that there are no drivers for the BCM43162. Linux and Broadcom or at least someone should WARN its potential users if they have this wireless card because they won’t be able to have wireless internet. So this is just a warning to those who want to use Linux with this wireless card.

Did you find the article here : https://askubuntu.com/questions/9942...62-wifi-driver?


Broadcom is notorious for making pretty good WIFI devices for which they then only release Microsoft Windows drivers. OSS developers release OSS support or windows shim wrappers for linux, but those take time to develop and test. The landscape changes rapidly. Complain to Broadcom: they are the ones that refuse to release Linux/BSD drivers or enough information for OSS developers to rapidly develop solutions.

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Don't you think that's a bit much to ask? It's already difficult to list hardware that is supported by Linux, now you even want lists of interfaces which are not supported? It's the responsibility of the hardware vendors to state what operating system they support.

By the way, the Ethernet and wireless Broadcom network drivers in Linux are found on the kernel.org site.

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I mean guys really, much respect to Linux and Broadcom, but yes I agree that Broadcom also should take responsibility of course. But someone needs to do it, of course it would be best if both sides did at least smt. But it’s ok really, no hard feelings, just a reminder for people out there to not rush like I did.

Stop with the bold/big/colored text, please, and read the LQ Rules about text-speak (and not using it), and the "Question Guidelines" link in my posting signature, about providing details and asking a clear question.

If you want 'someone' to do it, and it's an issue for you, then go right ahead and do it.

Again, that card is supported and working, and if you want to you can use ndiswrapper to use the Windows driver for it, providing the open-source driver isn't doing something (?) that you want. You provide NO details at all (version/distro of Linux you're using, manufacturer of the card and not just the chipset, and what you've done/tried), so we can't tell you what you need to do. You say you tried 'literally all methods', which I find hard to believe, since there are tens of thousands of guides for Linux and Broadcom out there.

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Welcome to the forums!

Sorry you had a bad experience with Linux and Broadcom.

For future reference, here is a list of Ubuntu-certified hardware, to help with your next computer purchase:

https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/

I typically buy my computers from Linux-friendly vendors like Dell or System76. Purchasing a computer with Linux pre-installed makes the whole process so much easier. I just take the computer out of the box, turn it on, and I'm greeted with the Ubuntu welcome screen.

That said, through the years, I've installed Linux on many computers with Broadcom chipsets. In every case, I've been able to get it working 100% with a little bit of research. There may be one or two exceptions, but as a general rule, most Broadcom hardware works very well with Linux.

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