I'm running LMDE 2 Cinnamon, fully updated with kernel 3.16.39-1+deb8u2, on an Apple Mac Mini (late 2012) with its integrated BCM4331 wifi .... the command "lspci -vnn -d 14e4:" shows:
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02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:010e]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at a0600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: wl
I was wondering if anyone had a fix for this, or if this is simply an issue with the wl kernel driver? I installed firmware-b43-installer in an attempt to use the b43 driver instead (since it's supposed to be fully compatible with the BCM4331: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive ... ed_devices), but b43 doesn't seem to work properly.
I unload wl with "modprobe -r wl" and then load b43 with "modprobe b43"; the Network Manager applet shows that it detects my wifi and looks like it's trying to connect to it, but after a minute or two, fails. dmesg shows the kernel buffer recorded the following error (using the b43 driver):
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wlan0: aborting authentication with [MAC Address] by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
Can anyone help me with either fixing my issues with the BCM4331, wl, or with getting b43 to work? Thanks.