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On 15/06/13 12:37, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I have a spare laptop for testing purposes. Until recently it was > running Xubuntu 12.04. I have also previously used it with other > distros, Mint for example. In all cases it found the wifi from the > router without any problem, at installation. > > I am now testing Debian 7 Xfce on it. Mostly it works but, for some > reason, it does not find the wifi. Same laptop, same router. I have been > looking around the internet for possible answers, so far without > success. I think the necessary firmware is installed > > BCM4318. The bc43 cutter is installed. This new version of Debian is > just out and I quite expected it to find the wifi without any problem. The wiki is fairly explicit about how to set it up. The 4318 is supported by firmware-b43-installer in contrib. Doesn't look to me like the firmware cutter should be needed, but without the same hardware it is hard to tell. http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq