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Broadcom 4313, 43224, 43225 devices (brcm80211)
This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Broadcom BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225 chipsets on Debian systems.
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brcm80211 is a free and open source mac80211 driver currently in development, supporting specific Broadcom 802.11n PCIe wireless LAN chipsets:
- BCM4313 (PCI-ID: 14E4:4727)
- BCM43224 (PCI-ID: 14E4:4353)
- BCM43225 (PCI-ID: 14E4:4357)
It is included in Debian Linux kernel images since linux-2.6 2.6.32-22. Non-free firmware is required and must be installed prior to device operation.
This staging driver is only available for the x86 and x86-64 architectures (Debian i386 and AMD64 ports respectively) at this time.
For support of other Broadcom PCI wireless LAN chipsets, see bcm43xx.
Installation
Lenny
Add the Debian Backports repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, also including the "non-free" component. For example:
# Backported packages for Debian Lenny deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free
Update the list of available packages:
# aptitude update
Install a Linux 2.6.32 kernel image appropriate for your system, along with the lenny-backports/firmware-brcm80211 and wireless-tools packages. For example:
# aptitude -t lenny-backports install linux-image-2.6-$(uname -r | sed 's,.*-,,') firmware-brcm80211 wireless-tools
- Restart your system and boot with the newly installed kernel.
The necessary kernel module should be automatically loaded. If necessary, it can be manually loaded via:
$ su # modprobe brcm80211
Verify your device has an available interface:
# iwconfig
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
Squeeze
Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
# Debian Squeeze (testing) deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-brcm80211 and wireless-tools packages:
# aptitude update # aptitude install firmware-brcm80211 wireless-tools
As the driver may already be loaded, reinsert the module to access installed firmware:
# modprobe -r brcm80211 ; modprobe brcm80211
Verify your device has an available interface:
# iwconfig
Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
Supported Devices
The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.
The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo brcm80211 in Debian 2.6.32 (2.6.32-29) kernel images.
PCI: 14E4:4353 Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n PCI: 14E4:4357 Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n PCI: 14E4:4727 Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
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