Broadcom B43 Driver CentOS 9 Installation – Step-by-step

Installing B43 Firmware

3. 3. Downloading B43 Firmware

   Download B43 Firmware for CentOS Stream 9 GNU/Linux

   B43 Firmware for CentOS

   Downloading B43 Firmware for CentOS

   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:

   

   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:

   

   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:

   

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4. 4. Extracting B43 Firmware Archive

   Then Extract B43 Firmware into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvjf ~/Downloads/*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/

   Finally, if you are in Trouble to Find Out it on Terminal See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

5. 5. Setting up Broadcom B43 Firmware

   Now to Install Broadcom B43 Firmware on CentOS 9
   Simply play:

   sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware /tmp/broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o

   And then Reboot:

   sudo reboot

Finally, I wish you Happy Wireless Internet on CentOS Stream 9 with Broadcom B43 Firmware! :)