Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)"

From	Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc., connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)"
Date	2023-10-24 13:50 +0200
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On Oct 24, 2023, Susmita/Rajib wrote:
> [...]
> -Product-
> Name		: HP Notebook (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)
> Family		: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)
> Vendor		: Hewlett-Packard (Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com)
> 

HP are generally very anti-consumer, and include device whitelists in
their BIOS/UEFI loaders that will prevent your PC from booting if there
isn't HP-approved wifi (etc.) in there -- at least on the PCI bus.

Additionally, your machine (or at least the model) appears to be about
10 years old (so chances of HP still selling parts is a bit slim); so
you're probably "limited" to grabbing one of the generic USB dongles
that're on the market, based on various Realtek chipsets (such as the
8811xU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac ones).

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Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-10-24 12:40 +0200
  Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-10-24 13:50 +0200
  Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-10-24 17:00 +0200
    Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-10-28 14:10 +0200
      Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-10-28 15:30 +0200
      Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1)  compatible with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the  "Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n  (rev 01)" "Marco M." <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2023-10-28 21:10 +0200
      Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-10-28 21:20 +0200
        Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-10-29 03:40 +0100
          Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-10-29 11:20 +0100
            Broadcom WiFi/Bluetooth BCM43142 issues "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-10-29 13:20 +0100
            Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" "Susmita/Rajib" <bkpsusmitaa@gmail.com> - 2023-10-29 15:00 +0100
              Re: Which Network Controller Card handling Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.,  connectivities, is GNU/Linux Approved/certified, and would be (1) compatible  with my HP laptop's motherboard, and (2) could replace the "Network  controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)" Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-10-29 15:10 +0100

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