Everyone,
I just purchased a new wfi card that is identified as using lspci as : Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
I have not been able to get it to work Centos 7.4 machine. Some of the centos user posts had indicated the nux repsitory had a Centos 7 kmod- wl, but it is not present when I tried to search or or install it at this time.
Has anyone had any success in making the Broadcom BCM4360 chip work for Centos 7.4
Greg
On 12/3/2017 4:22 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
I have not been able to get it to work Centos 7.4 machine. Some of the centos user posts had indicated the nux repsitory had a Centos 7 kmod- wl, but it is not present when I tried to search or or install it at this time.
this looks potentionally helpful
http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
it appears those are closed source drivers with funky licenses, so they can't just be redistributed without assumption of liability.
On 04/12/17 00:38, John R Pierce wrote:
On 12/3/2017 4:22 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
I have not been able to get it to work Centos 7.4 machine. Some of the centos user posts had indicated the nux repsitory had a Centos 7 kmod- wl, but it is not present when I tried to search or or install it at this time.
this looks potentionally helpful
http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
it appears those are closed source drivers with funky licenses, so they can't just be redistributed without assumption of liability.
Correct, elrepo isn't able to freely redistribute the drivers due Broadcom's licensing, but does provide instructions and a SRPM (minus tarball) for you to build yourself.
Alternatively, for $8 you can purchase an adaptor that is natively supported and will work out of the box:
https://www.amazon.com/Edimax-EW-7811Un-150Mbps-Raspberry-Supports/dp/B003MT...
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315091&cm_re=e...
The above adaptor is based on the Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset and uses the rtl8192cu kernel driver.
On 12/03/2017 11:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote:
On 04/12/17 00:38, John R Pierce wrote:
On 12/3/2017 4:22 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
I have not been able to get it to work Centos 7.4 machine. Some of the centos user posts had indicated the nux repsitory had a Centos 7 kmod- wl, but it is not present when I tried to search or or install it at this time.
this looks potentionally helpful
http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod
it appears those are closed source drivers with funky licenses, so they can't just be redistributed without assumption of liability.
Correct, elrepo isn't able to freely redistribute the drivers due Broadcom's licensing, but does provide instructions and a SRPM (minus tarball) for you to build yourself.
That's what I have to do, and it can sometimes be a PITA because a kernel update can break it and you have to build it again.
With major updates (like 7.3 to 7.4) you sometimes have to download a new nosrc rpm.
Alternatively, for $8 you can purchase an adaptor that is natively supported and will work out of the box:
https://www.amazon.com/Edimax-EW-7811Un-150Mbps-Raspberry-Supports/dp/B003MT...
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315091&cm_re=e...
The above adaptor is based on the Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset and uses the rtl8192cu kernel driver.
At some point I will be replacing mine, but with a low-profile PCI-E card. I've had bad luck with USB wifi adapters, sometimes for example they lose connection when a microwave is turned on and when I was visiting my parents, had one that lost connection whenever the AC unit kicked on.
My best wifi experience in Linux has been with my T series thinkpad, it uses some kind of Intel wireless chipset that is in the kernel.
I'm going to be looking for a low profile Intel PCI-E card, but for now my broadcom PCI-E actually works quite well - with the exception of needing to rebuild every now and then (last time was 7.3 to 7.4 update)
On 12/3/2017 11:10 PM, Phil Perry wrote:
Correct, elrepo isn't able to freely redistribute the drivers due Broadcom's licensing, but does provide instructions and a SRPM (minus tarball) for you to build yourself.
Alternatively, for $8 you can purchase an adaptor that is natively supported and will work out of the box:
https://www.amazon.com/Edimax-EW-7811Un-150Mbps-Raspberry-Supports/dp/B003MT...
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315091&cm_re=e...
The above adaptor is based on the Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset and uses the rtl8192cu kernel driver.
those are only 11N adapters, the OP asked about a 11AC card.
Le 04/12/2017 à 01:22, Gregory P. Ennis a écrit :
I just purchased a new wfi card that is identified as using lspci as : Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
I have not been able to get it to work Centos 7.4 machine. Some of the centos user posts had indicated the nux repsitory had a Centos 7 kmod- wl, but it is not present when I tried to search or or install it at this time.
Has anyone had any success in making the Broadcom BCM4360 chip work for Centos 7.4
Some time ago I installed CentOS 7 on a MacBook Pro with a Broadcom wireless card. The card was a PITA to configure, but it works perfectly now.
I wrote an article about it. It's in French, but the *nix bits are universal. :o)
https://blog.microlinux.fr/centos-7-macbook-pro/#rezo-wifi
Cheers,
Niki
On 12/04/2017 01:34 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
Le 04/12/2017 à 01:22, Gregory P. Ennis a écrit :
I just purchased a new wfi card that is identified as using lspci as : Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
I have not been able to get it to work Centos 7.4 machine. Some of the centos user posts had indicated the nux repsitory had a Centos 7 kmod- wl, but it is not present when I tried to search or or install it at this time.
Has anyone had any success in making the Broadcom BCM4360 chip work for Centos 7.4
Some time ago I installed CentOS 7 on a MacBook Pro with a Broadcom wireless card. The card was a PITA to configure, but it works perfectly now.
I wrote an article about it. It's in French, but the *nix bits are universal. :o)
https://blog.microlinux.fr/centos-7-macbook-pro/#rezo-wifi
Cheers,
Niki
lspci |grep -i broad 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
That's my broadcom chip and it works in CentOS 7.4 with the
kmod-wl-6_30_223_271-4.el7.centos.x86_64
rpm built from the previously mentiones nosrc rpm.
I might have bumped the release tag when rebuilding it, don't remember.
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