set up wifi connection using Broadcom BCM4360

bomberdile

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Oct 3, 2024
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Hello proxmox-forum,
im trying to run my server using wifi (Broadcom BCM4360) only because i dont want it running in my living room. I know its not the best option (https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/WLAN). Im new to Proxmox and Debian.
These are useful resources i found to get it working but i ran into issues:

Guide to get it working: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/howto-proxmox-ve-8-1-2-wifi-w-snat.142831/
I followed the installation until step 5.
Code:
/etc/pve/qemu-server# dmesg | grep -i wlp
didnt not provide any output for me.

So i tried to identify the wifi device name: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-list-network-interfaces-names-command/
Code:
root@pve:~# sudo lshw -C network -short
H/W path       Device      Class          Description
=====================================================
/0/100/1d/0                network        BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1f.6    eno1        network        Ethernet Connection (7) I219-LM
It seems like my BCM4360 (ASUS PCE-AC68) Card is not set up correctly because the device name is missing.


i tried to install driver for BCM4360: https://wiki.debian.org/wl
Code:
root@pve:~# apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') broadcom-sta-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-pve
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-pve
I believe linux-image and linux-headers is not available / usable with proxmox but i installed broadcom-sta-dkms and wireless-tools
In step 4. you check the DKMS kernel modules, but:
Code:
root@pve:~# find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates
find: ‘/lib/modules/6.8.12-2-pve/updates’: No such file or directory

Do you know how to get the BCM4360 running under proxmox? Is there something i did wrong?

Thanks for your help.
 

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