In openSUSE 11.3, laptops installed with the BCM4311/BCM4312/BCM4321/BCM4322 Wireless LAN cards like the Dell Inspiron 1525 do not have drivers installed and hence do not work out of the box. In Dell this Wireless card is labelled as “Dell 1395 Wireless card”. The broadcom-wl package which contain Broadcom’s IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux® device driver for use with Broadcom’s BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware doesn’t seem to work.
To get your Wireless up and running, you need your Wired Ethernet assistance to connect to the internet and download the b43-firmware package 1-click installer.
To check and confirm the Broadcom wireless card installed on your Laptop:
Annai:~ # lspci|grep -i broad
0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01
Click 
to download and automatically start YST package manager. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Once installed, reboot your laptop and run the following command:
Annai:~ # /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
Downloading b43 firmware
######################################################################## 100.0%Extracting b43 firmwareThis file is recognised as:ID : FW15filename : wl_apsta.oversion : 478.104MD5 : bb8537e3204a1ea5903fe3e66b5e2763Extracting b43/ucode5.fwExtracting b43/pcm5.fwExtracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43/b0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g1initvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43/ucode9.fwExtracting b43/a0g1initvals9.fwExtracting b43/a0g0bsinitvals9.fwExtracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals9.fwExtracting b43/b0g0initvals9.fwExtracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals9.fwExtracting b43/a0g0initvals9.fwExtracting b43/ucode11.fwExtracting b43/n0bsinitvals11.fwExtracting b43/n0absinitvals11.fwExtracting b43/n0initvals11.fwExtracting b43/ucode13.fwExtracting b43/b0g0initvals13.fwExtracting b43/a0g1bsinitvals13.fwExtracting b43/a0g1initvals13.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals13.fwExtracting b43/b0g0bsinitvals13.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals13.fwExtracting b43/ucode14.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals14.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals14.fwExtracting b43/ucode15.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals15.fwExtracting b43/ucode16.fwExtracting b43/n0bsinitvals16.fwExtracting b43/sslpn0initvals16.fwExtracting b43/n0initvals16.fwExtracting b43/lp0initvals16.fwExtracting b43/sslpn0bsinitvals16.fwExtracting b43/lp0bsinitvals16.fwDownloading b43legacy firmware######################################################################## 100.0%Extracting b43legacy firmwareThis file is recognised as:ID : FW10filename : wl_apsta.oversion : 295.14MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3Extracting b43legacy/ucode2.fwExtracting b43legacy/ucode4.fwExtracting b43legacy/ucode5.fwExtracting b43legacy/ucode11.fwExtracting b43legacy/pcm4.fwExtracting b43legacy/pcm5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g1bsinitvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0initvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g1initvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0bsinitvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals5.fwExtracting b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fwExtracting b43legacy/a0g0bsinitvals5.fwb43 firmware successfully installed.b43legacy firmware successfully installed.
Annai:~ # iwconfiglo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:”xxxxx”Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FFBit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBmRetry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:offEncryption key:offPower Management:offLink Quality=70/70 Signal level=-22 dBmRx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0pan0 no wireless extensions.
Hi, I just installed this driver, but my Broadcom wireless card is still not working 🙁 does anybody have some help for me ?
Hi,
i have the same problem. My hardware is Dell Latitude D630. The WLAN-Card 1500 Draft 802.11b/g/n will not working after the installation.
Regards
C
My wifi still not working.I followed the steps on this thread, but when I
try to confirm the activation, then I see that my wifi still not works.
I have a power button for the wifi, but that’s not activating it neither.
Can you help me what should be my next step to get my wlan working ?
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off