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Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi?

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On 31/08/15 17:04, Harilal, Ahlad (ACIS India) wrote:
> I tried all possible ways to fix wireless driver issues for my
> Dell Vostro laptop. Chip manufactures Broadcom has provided a
> debian installation file from their official website for the proper
> chipset. I tried it  but no luck

Broadcom make a lot of chips, and there are at least 4 or 5 different
drivers, some proprietary, some open source.

> vk4msl-mb ~ # lspci -k -nn | grep -A 20 -i network 03:00.0 Network
> controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
> Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:432b] (rev 01) Subsystem: Apple Inc.
> AirPort Extreme [106b:008d] Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge 
> Kernel modules: ssb

That's a command you can run to determine which you have.  From there,
some of us may be able to help you.

> Copyright in this message and any attachments remains with us. It
> is confidential and may be legally privileged.

*NOW* you bloody tell me!  Is it or is it not confidential, and if so,
what in earth is the disclaimer doing at the **BOTTOM** of your email.

Do legal people expect us to read email messages from bottom to top?
- -- 
Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)

I haven't lost my mind...
  ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
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[Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? "Harilal, Ahlad (ACIS India)" <Ahlad.Harilal@allianzcornhill.co.in> - 2015-08-31 09:20 +0200
  Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? Stuart Longland <stuartl@longlandclan.yi.org> - 2015-09-06 22:40 +0200
    Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-09-08 18:30 +0200
      Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-09-08 19:20 +0200
      Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2015-09-08 19:30 +0200
        Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2015-09-08 19:40 +0200
          Re: [Newsletter] Why does Debian not recognize my WiFi? Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-09-08 23:50 +0200

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