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How do you deal with Broadcom WiFi drivers?
by daveheq 7y ago
How do you deal with Broadcom WiFi drivers?
- __turbobrew__ 7y agoYou buy laptops with Intel nic's
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- ekianjo 7y agoYou can change the WiFi card on some laptops. Otherwise buy Lenovo.
- the_pwner224 7y agoI looked into WiFi cards a year ago for a computer build, and iirc you can get a very high end Intel NIC for <$30. Atheros also has good support for Linux. I just looked it up, and Intel's best chip the AC 9560, with 2x2 1.73 Gbps WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0 is <$20. It's an easy swap on desktops and on most laptops too.
- yourad_io 7y agoHow can you swap anything aside from disk or RAM in modern laptops? Isn't everything soldered these days - including RAM in some cases ?
- e12e 7y agoWifi is also generally on a card.. For Lenovo thinkpad, Dell and à few others. Unfortunately not the sp4: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+4+Teardown/51568 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Pro+4+Tear...
- ageofwant 7y agoYou unscrew the small screw that keeps the mPCIe wifi card in place lift it out and throw it in the fish tank where it becomes part of the amusing detritus of social commentary and landscape art you've been contributing to. Now pop in the $18 Intel card you ordered last night and landed a hour ago. Your done ! Oh wait ! NOOB, you forgot to replace the screw !
- cwojno 7y agoYou don't. Buy WiFi cards that are supported for your distro. The USB dongles are worthless IME, get a PCIe card. https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi#Availability_of_compatible_WiFi_chipsets https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi#Availability_of_compatible_WiFi...