Broadcom wifi driver

[proxwolfe]

Hi,

I am trying to install Broadcom wifi drivers as suggested here: brcm80211 - Debian Wiki

But when I try to apt-get, it wants to remove proxmox-ve pve-firmware pve-kernel-5.4

Obviously, I don't want that. So I cancelled the installation.

I understand that this could be caused by a conflict between firmware-brcm80211 and pve-firmware.

But if pve-firmware already contains the Broadcom driver, why does my wifi not work?

If pve-firmware does not contain the Broadcom driver, how do I download the driver without killing proxmox?

Thanks

 

[BobhWasatch]

What exactly does "not work" mean? What did you do, are there any error messages?

I will also note that most wifi devices can't be used as a bridge. So if you are trying to have your VM's access the wifi via vmbr0 or similar that probably won't work. You would have to get the wifi going on the host and then use NAT.

 

[proxwolfe]

It is listed as a PCIe device (lspci) but not actually used. Its existence seems to be acknowledged in the GUI (I have installed Gnome which shows me wifi symbol but when I go into settings it tells me "No Wi-Fi Adapter Found"), It is not listed as a NIC (ip addr).

I figured this seems to align with having a device but no drivers.

Thanks for the heads up about the bridge non-functionality. I also have wired LAN connection.