Installing Broadcom Wireless STA Driver in Fedora 11/12

The following instructions will walk you through the installation of Broadcom Wireless STA driver in Fedora 11/12. This driver is for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware.

1. First you need to enable rpmfusion repositories.

The broadcom-wl and wl-kmod RPMs that we need are in the rpmfusion non-free repository which also requires the rpmfusion free repository. To enable these repositories in Fedora 11/12 you need to open a terminal window and enter the following command. You may simply copy and paste the below command.

[shibipnr@fedora ~]$ su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

 

2. Update and install the driver package

Now, you need to install the driver packages from rpmfusion repositories.  We first ensure that we have the latest updates and then install the "kmod-wl" package which will bring with it the required "broadcom-wl" package. To do the same, you need to enter the following commands one by one.

[shibipnr@fedora ~]$ su - root

Entering the above command will prompt for root password. Please provide the same. After that enter the following commands to check for updates and to install the Broadcom driver.

[root@fedora ~]# yum update
[root@fedora ~]# yum install kmod-wl

After successful installation of packages, you may reboot the computer so that it should detect your Broadcom Wireless device and you should be able to connect to your wireless network.
3. Adjustments if needed
If you're having problems then it is likely some conflict between Network Manager and the network service. To ensure that Network Manager can use the wireless go to System > Administration > Network and select the wireless device (if it's not there then this doesn't apply to you). Edit the device and check "Controlled by Network Manager" and "Activate device when computer starts". Close Network Configuration, save changes and then reboot.

You should also read the license and readme which are located in /usr/share/doc/
It's all about the installation of Broadcom Wireless STA driver in Fedora 11/12. Enjoy!!!