Broadcom BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225 devices (brcmsmac, brcm80211)

This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Broadcom BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225 chips on Debian systems.

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brcmsmac (brcm80211 prior to Linux 2.6.39) is a free and open source mac80211 driver, introduced in Linux 2.6.37.¹

It supports wireless LAN devices based on specific Broadcom 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chips. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page.

Non-free firmware is required, which can be provided by installing the firmware-brcm80211 package.

For support of other Broadcom PCI wireless LAN chipsets, see bcm43xx.

Installation

Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:

# Debian 8 "Jessie"
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian jessie main contrib non-free

Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-brcm80211 package:
```
# apt-get update && apt-get install firmware-brcm80211
```
As the driver may already be loaded, reinsert the module to access installed firmware:
```
# modprobe -r brcmsmac ; modprobe brcmsmac
```
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.

Please refer shell script:

With BCM4313-based devices, brcmsmac driver information may be displayed even after system boot.
- You can ignore/hide this by adding a "dmesg -n 3" line to your /etc/rc.local file.
You may have problems when using other channels than 1-12. It is important you configure your regulatory domain with:
```
# iw reg set <EU|US|JP>
```

The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.

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