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/B003MTTJOY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512370979&sr=8-1&keywords=edimax+n150 > > > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315091&cm_re=edimax_n150-_-33-315-091-_-Product > > > 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)