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The key problem for this is the lack of drivers, the repository endlessm/linux come with the sufficient driver for RTL8821CE. So I tried a method introduced by a blog on CSDN which successfully solved this problem, at least with the current kernel.

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I’ve tried dnf update to update the system with latest packages and kernel 4.16, the problem still remained.

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It’s obvious that this laptop has been tampered by the seller, the current problem is how to fix this broken driver problem. The technical specification on the Lenovo Website shows that that X1 Carbon should come with Intel Wirelesss card, while his ThinkPad is shipped with RealTek RTL8821CE.

He found this problem after the installation of Fedora 27 and found the wireless function “is gone”(in his word), so he came to me to seek help. I’ve got to be missing something obvious, or doing something stupid, but I can’t see what it is.Recently one of my friends has bought a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5Gen on TaoBao and found that the Network controller might has been altered by the seller.

It worked previously under Fedora 18, but I did a completely fresh reinstall when I loaded 20. This page seemed like the most helpful advice I’ve found, but I still can’t get it to work. I still have no recognized wifi ~]# iwconfig Here’s what I’ve got in my ~]# cat /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nf I’ve tried this a few times – it all seems to work without errors and it all seems to be installed correctly… Package kmod-wl-6.30.20.28.x86_64 already installed and latest version

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No packages marked for ~]# yum install kmod-wl Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit I installed the RPM Fusion Repositories and did the “yum update” and then installed So BCM4321 (vers 3) means I want “broadcom-wl”, right? Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller

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I tried adding the Russian Repo and rebooting and that didn’t work, so I tried the manual process.Ġ3:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03) I’ve got an HP Pavilion tx 1000 running a fresh install of Fedora 20. I’m having some problems setting up my wireless card. I hope that these techiques will do the job.

Once you have updated, you can install the ndiswrapper driver using the command.

Once you have updated, you can install the broadcom-wl driver using the command.

Once you have upgraded the rpmfusion free and non-free release in your system then update the system using the following command.

Or you can also type the following commands in the terminal su -c 'rpm -Uvh '

First we need to add the RPM Fusion repositories.įor this we can directly go to the webiste RPM FUSION REPOSITORY.

This is the driver problem I personally faced. How to install broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver (broadcom-wl)

Do this step only if you need to install version 3 firmware for the b43legacy module.

Copy and execute the following command lines one after the other in a Fedora terminal.ī43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o

Do this step only if you need to install version 4 firmware for the b43 driver module.

I further googled to see for other versions of the b43 driver and found the following in a fedora forum.

I was able to solve my friend’s problem with this step only. This is the software package that does the extraction of the firmware from the proprietary driver.

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How to install b43, b43legacy, version 3 or version 4 drivers Type the following code in the terminal lspci -k | grep -A 3 -i 'network'Ĭheck your wireless chipset number and the kernel driver in use with the followingī43-openfwwf Install broadcom-wl ndiswrapper b43-openfwwf ndis. First We need to figure out the chipset of the wireless device If this short method doesnt work, please proceed with the following steps. NOTE: In Fedora 19 and above, I noticed that if I add the Russian Fedora Repo and then update the system, Wireless Drivers automatically gets installed and after restarting the system it works properly. I got help from a fedora forum and most of the information here is from that forum. Now after installing Fedora 17, I figured how it is done. Kubuntu 11.10, I found that my wifi didn’t work.

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