I've tried enabling my wireless every which way I can think of. My 2nd to last attempt was to employ Broadcom's supplied STA drivers. No dice.
Next I attempted to follow the module assistant-based method proposed here on the LMDE forum. Same exact result as the Broadcom method: not active.
And yes, I've blacklisted quite a large number of potentially problematic modules, and my initramdisk has been set properly. None of the following modules are loaded.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
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# bad wireless drivers
blacklist acer_wmi
blacklist b43
blacklist ssb
blacklist brcm80211
/etc/network/interfaces
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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
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wl 2602511 0
lib80211 12992 2 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl
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lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
eth2 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:24 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Managementmode:All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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[ 6.504173] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Broadcom Corp
[ 11.329804] eth0: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
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06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
07:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)