Installing Broadcom WiFi Driver on Red Hat GNU/Linux
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Broadcom WiFi Driver in Red Hat/Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.x/7.x/8.x GNU/Linux.
And Broadcom Wireless Cards for Red Hat/Oracle Linux needs Proprietary Software (called “Firmware”) that Runs on the Wireless Chip itself to Work Properly.
Moreover, this Package contains Broadcom’s IEEE 802.11a/b/g
Hybrid Linux Device Driver in use with Broadcom’s BCM43xx based Hardware.
Finally, the broadcom-wl Driver Supports the following Broadcom Wireless Chipsets:
- BCM4311
- BCM4312
- BCM4313
- BCM4321
- BCM4322
- BCM4331
- BCM4352
- BCM4360
- BCM43142
- BCM43224
- BCM43225
- BCM43227
- BCM43228
Moreover, for BCM4306, BCM4309, and BCM4318 see instead: B43 Wireless Driver.
Last, for Newest Chipsets you should see instead: Brcmfmac Driver and Firmware Setup Guide
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1. Launching Shell Emulator
Open a Terminal window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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