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. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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/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.
Le 04/12/2017 ? 01:22, Gregory P. Ennis a ?crit :> 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 7.4Some 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 -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'?glise - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info at microlinux.fr T?l. : 04 66 63 10 32
On 12/04/2017 01:34 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:> Le 04/12/2017 ? 01:22, Gregory P. Ennis a ?crit : >> 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.