Broadcom wireless chips

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Current versions of Ark Linux include a driver for Broadcom wireless chips; however, due to the fact that Broadcom refuse to disclose any information on how their chip works, this driver fails on some variants of the Broadcom wireless chipset.

If you happen to have one of those chips:

  • Don't autoload the normal driver -- remove all lines in /etc/modprobe.conf that mention "bcm43xx"
    • Click on KMenu > Command Line Interpreter > Command Line Interpreter - Super User Mode
    • kedit /etc/modprobe.conf
    • remove the line that mention bcm43xx
    • Save the file
  • Install the driver-broadcom94306 package through Mission Control->Install Software. This package contains parts of the Broadcom driver for Windows XP that can be addressed through the ndiswrapper tool included in the standard Ark kernel
    • Click on KMenu > Mission Control > Install Software
    • Edit > Find > Type in broadcom to search for the driver
    • Right click on the driver found > Install
    • Click on the right most button or File > Commit Marked Changes or
    • Click on KMenu > Command Line Interpreter > Command Line Interpreter - Super User Mode
    • apt-get update; apt-get install driver-broadcom94306
  • Reboot
  • Your wireless chipset should now show up as "wlan0" in the network config tool.
  • Let your hardware vendor and Broadcom know that you will boycott their products in the future unless Broadcom changes its policy on (not) supporting non-Microsoft operating systems.
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