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Hi all -- not sure if this should go here in the FossaPup forum or the "Users" forum...anyway.

Fossapup booted right up in a 2013 MacBook Air A1466, but no wireless card was recognized. Hunting for an answer, I found that the card is a Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.61.2 AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1305.8). It seems it should work with the b43 or b43 legacy drivers included in FossaPup, but as I mentioned, no go. I did read about a conflict with some of these. Also, according to this post, "Broadcom 4360 actually comes with either of two distinct chips, 14E4:4360 and 14E4:43A0. There is no driver in Linux for the first one, while wl is an appropriate driver for the second one." Hmm...I couldn't tell which I have.

I tried downloading b43-fwcutter -- it seems to be made to extract what Puppy already comes preloaded with (the b43 drivers, regular and legacy). I tried the b43 firmware linux module updated by pemasu.

Now, I tried a Deb-based distro and it had no issues connecting via wi-fi. So my question is four-fold:

• Any ideas where can I get the driver I need?

• Can I somehow get the driver from the Mac OS?

• How do I copy the working driver from the Deb-based distro that worked and install it in Puppy so it's automatically recognized by the Network Setup?

• Is there a Windows driver I can get easily to use with NDISWrapper?

Of course, answering any one of these should solve my issue.

As always, thanks! Work is hectic, so I probably can't reply quickly....

You might be able to adjust the kernel version or modules.....once you know what driver works on the Debian based stuff.

@Subito Piano - this may help: viewtopic.php?p=34408#p34408 (Gal 6:10).

Sorry have to ask.

I assume it has a switch to turn WIFI on/off. Most laptops do.
So try using this switch to turn WIFI off/on.

bigpup wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:27 pm

Sorry have to ask.

I assume it has a switch to turn WIFI on/off. Most laptops do.
So try using this switch to turn WIFI off/on.

No button to activate wifi on this MacBook. Activation from macOS.

Hi @Subito Piano
Personally, I was unable to use the wifi of my iMac 2013 under Bionicpup64. I have had success with EasyOS Dunfell by adding the Broadcom driver from the distribution repository. It's a simple sharing that I do and I hope you find a solution for your MacBook

Excellent! I will try these...

...maybe.

It turns out our resident photographer/graphic arts/photography person needs the Mac...!!! So IDK if she will end up keeping it or if it will return to me.

C'est la vie.

Apologies for reviving such an old thread but I've just purchased a Macbook Air 2017 myself and run into issues with the Broadcom wifi card on F96-CE_4.

lspci reveals

Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)

On bookwormpup it's a simple matter of installing the WL driver using the broadcom-sta-dkms package.

However F96-CE_4 seems some come with a different kernel to the ubuntu repo and the broadcom-sta package won't compile.

NEVERMIND! I have found a solution.

I was playing about with slackware15pup and managed to get the WL driver to install using the official slackbuild. I wondered if this would translate over to an ubuntu puppy, and it did!

I used the latest version for slackware 15 found here:
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0 ... oadcom-wl/

Install it just the way you would in slackware and off you go.

@n-at-han-k - Welcome. Just in case useful - I had made a Broadcom wl driver for F96-CE4 - is here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/axjuoixz ... p.pet/file

Now that would've saved me a lot of headaches!

Subito Piano wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:24 am

Hi all -- not sure if this should go here in the FossaPup forum or the "Users" forum...anyway.

Fossapup booted right up in a 2013 MacBook Air A1466, but no wireless card was recognized. Hunting for an answer, I found that the card is a Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.61.2 AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1305.8). It seems it should work with the b43 or b43 legacy drivers included in FossaPup, but as I mentioned, no go. I did read about a conflict with some of these. Also, according to this post, "Broadcom 4360 actually comes with either of two distinct chips, 14E4:4360 and 14E4:43A0. There is no driver in Linux for the first one, while wl is an appropriate driver for the second one." Hmm...I couldn't tell which I have.

I tried downloading b43-fwcutter -- it seems to be made to extract what Puppy already comes preloaded with (the b43 drivers, regular and legacy). I tried the b43 firmware linux module updated by pemasu.

Now, I tried a Deb-based distro and it had no issues connecting via wi-fi. So my question is four-fold:

• Any ideas where can I get the driver I need?

• Can I somehow get the driver from the Mac OS?

• How do I copy the working driver from the Deb-based distro that worked and install it in Puppy so it's automatically recognized by the Network Setup?

• Is there a Windows driver I can get easily to use with NDISWrapper?

Of course, answering any one of these should solve my issue.

As always, thanks! Work is hectic, so I probably can't reply quickly....
The MacBook Air is a fantastic device, but without WiFi, it can quickly become a source of frustration. Many users rely on stable internet connections for work, study, and entertainment, so connectivity issues can be disruptive. A common fix includes troubleshooting network settings, but sometimes a complete reset may be necessary. If you're facing persistent issues, you might want to try https://moonlock.com/factory-reset-macbookto restore your MacBook Air to its original settings. This solution often resolves connectivity problems and brings back the joy of a seamless, fast MacBook experience

good question