After installing Antergos, I am facing difficulty getting the wifi drivers for my laptop. Anyone have experience with Broadcom 43xx drivers on arch and would be willing to help? Thanks in advance
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>>58458050
i've gotten so tired of wifi not working with linux ootb, i just pop them out and pay $10 on ebay for a card that will
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/broadcom_wireless
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-install-wifi-drivers-for-broadcom-4311-in-arch-linux
Just installed shitbuntu elementaryos on a macbook, I could only get the wifi working once. Burned about 4 hours, then ragequit.
As long as your hw has a LAN you should be fine with googling the topic.
>>58458279
Can you recommend me a cheap 5ghz card for my laptop? (Pic in the original post)
BCM43xx requires extra firmware. Normally it should be packaged in the system known as the b43 package, and then it should work.
>>58458299
i like the dell dw1515 since it's ootb compatible with linux, hackintosh, or even a fresh install of win 7. atheros chip, 5ghz, but not ac
>>58458050
broadcoms use proprietary firmware that freetards leave out from distro isos
Get/Try or install Solus.
> not having 2 wireless cards in your d630
Having a broadcom and atheros card in my d630 makes it compatible with windows/osx/xubuntu oob
neither Ubuntu or Mint came w broadcom wifi drivers for my old dell laptop. I had a dongle that worked, after install was complete both of those distros found the driver just fine in the driver manager. i didn't have to type anything, just a couple clicks and boom, works
maybe try a real distro?