How I successfully installed the Asus PCE-AC68 WiFi card without Internet connection on Debian 9.6 Stretch
Like many people, I struggled installing the PCE-AC68 wireless PCIe card on Linux.
One additional difficulty was that the computer had no possibility of connecting the web through Ethernet, since the only available Internet connection mode available was 4G.
So, I had to download a limited number of packages from a computer running Windows for later offline installation.
Here's the solution that worked for me on Debian 9.6 Stretch with AMD64 architecture (Intel 64-bit processor in my case).
1) Open a Terminal
2) Check that the Broadcom Controller of your Asus PCE-AC68 card is detected
lspci -nn
or, if you want to filter the output: lspci -nn | grep 0280
The output should display the BCM4360 chip: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
3) Check if your computer has the wireless-tools package:
dpkg -l wireless-tools
If not, download the wireless-tools from https://packages.debian.org/stretch/wireless-tools
N.B. The link is for the Debian Stretch (9.x) distribution.
If your Debian distribution is else (eg. "Jessie"), simply adapt the path.
If the Linux computer on which you want to install the card has a wired Internet connection through Ethernet, you can skip 4) to 6) ; at step 7) you can replace apt by apt-get in the commands.
4) Download the proprietary driver from Broadcom from this page:
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/all/broadcom-sta-dkms/download
N.B. Again, adapt the path to your distribution if necessary.
5) [Optional] Verify the checksums of the downloaded packages. If using Windows, open a Terminal as Administrator and enter:
certutil -hashfile {the path}/{the package name}.deb MD5
and check that the output checksums matches the ones displayed on the pages from which you downloaded the packages.
6) Copy the downloaded packages to an external drive like a USB stick.
7) On your Linux computer install the packages:
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/wireless-tools_30~pre9-12+b1_amd64.deb`
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5_all.deb`
Prerequisite: Your user must be present in the sudoers file, so that it can pass commands prefixed by sudo. Else, don't worry, an error will be reported.
In case the rights would not suffice, you can switch as root with su - before installing the packages.
8) Unload possibly conflicting modules:
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma
9) Load the wl module: (read "WL", not W1")
modprobe wl
That's done. Your card is installed and the list of wireless networks should display.
The solution above was inspired mostly from this WiKi page in French: https://wiki.debian.org/fr/wl
wifi drivers broadcom asus
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
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Like many people, I struggled installing the PCE-AC68 wireless PCIe card on Linux.
One additional difficulty was that the computer had no possibility of connecting the web through Ethernet, since the only available Internet connection mode available was 4G.
So, I had to download a limited number of packages from a computer running Windows for later offline installation.
Here's the solution that worked for me on Debian 9.6 Stretch with AMD64 architecture (Intel 64-bit processor in my case).
1) Open a Terminal
2) Check that the Broadcom Controller of your Asus PCE-AC68 card is detected
lspci -nn
or, if you want to filter the output: lspci -nn | grep 0280
The output should display the BCM4360 chip: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
3) Check if your computer has the wireless-tools package:
dpkg -l wireless-tools
If not, download the wireless-tools from https://packages.debian.org/stretch/wireless-tools
N.B. The link is for the Debian Stretch (9.x) distribution.
If your Debian distribution is else (eg. "Jessie"), simply adapt the path.
If the Linux computer on which you want to install the card has a wired Internet connection through Ethernet, you can skip 4) to 6) ; at step 7) you can replace apt by apt-get in the commands.
4) Download the proprietary driver from Broadcom from this page:
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/all/broadcom-sta-dkms/download
N.B. Again, adapt the path to your distribution if necessary.
5) [Optional] Verify the checksums of the downloaded packages. If using Windows, open a Terminal as Administrator and enter:
certutil -hashfile {the path}/{the package name}.deb MD5
and check that the output checksums matches the ones displayed on the pages from which you downloaded the packages.
6) Copy the downloaded packages to an external drive like a USB stick.
7) On your Linux computer install the packages:
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/wireless-tools_30~pre9-12+b1_amd64.deb`
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5_all.deb`
Prerequisite: Your user must be present in the sudoers file, so that it can pass commands prefixed by sudo. Else, don't worry, an error will be reported.
In case the rights would not suffice, you can switch as root with su - before installing the packages.
8) Unload possibly conflicting modules:
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma
9) Load the wl module: (read "WL", not W1")
modprobe wl
That's done. Your card is installed and the list of wireless networks should display.
The solution above was inspired mostly from this WiKi page in French: https://wiki.debian.org/fr/wl
wifi drivers broadcom asus
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
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Like many people, I struggled installing the PCE-AC68 wireless PCIe card on Linux.
One additional difficulty was that the computer had no possibility of connecting the web through Ethernet, since the only available Internet connection mode available was 4G.
So, I had to download a limited number of packages from a computer running Windows for later offline installation.
Here's the solution that worked for me on Debian 9.6 Stretch with AMD64 architecture (Intel 64-bit processor in my case).
1) Open a Terminal
2) Check that the Broadcom Controller of your Asus PCE-AC68 card is detected
lspci -nn
or, if you want to filter the output: lspci -nn | grep 0280
The output should display the BCM4360 chip: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
3) Check if your computer has the wireless-tools package:
dpkg -l wireless-tools
If not, download the wireless-tools from https://packages.debian.org/stretch/wireless-tools
N.B. The link is for the Debian Stretch (9.x) distribution.
If your Debian distribution is else (eg. "Jessie"), simply adapt the path.
If the Linux computer on which you want to install the card has a wired Internet connection through Ethernet, you can skip 4) to 6) ; at step 7) you can replace apt by apt-get in the commands.
4) Download the proprietary driver from Broadcom from this page:
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/all/broadcom-sta-dkms/download
N.B. Again, adapt the path to your distribution if necessary.
5) [Optional] Verify the checksums of the downloaded packages. If using Windows, open a Terminal as Administrator and enter:
certutil -hashfile {the path}/{the package name}.deb MD5
and check that the output checksums matches the ones displayed on the pages from which you downloaded the packages.
6) Copy the downloaded packages to an external drive like a USB stick.
7) On your Linux computer install the packages:
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/wireless-tools_30~pre9-12+b1_amd64.deb`
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5_all.deb`
Prerequisite: Your user must be present in the sudoers file, so that it can pass commands prefixed by sudo. Else, don't worry, an error will be reported.
In case the rights would not suffice, you can switch as root with su - before installing the packages.
8) Unload possibly conflicting modules:
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma
9) Load the wl module: (read "WL", not W1")
modprobe wl
That's done. Your card is installed and the list of wireless networks should display.
The solution above was inspired mostly from this WiKi page in French: https://wiki.debian.org/fr/wl
wifi drivers broadcom asus
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
OuzoPower
2714
Like many people, I struggled installing the PCE-AC68 wireless PCIe card on Linux.
One additional difficulty was that the computer had no possibility of connecting the web through Ethernet, since the only available Internet connection mode available was 4G.
So, I had to download a limited number of packages from a computer running Windows for later offline installation.
Here's the solution that worked for me on Debian 9.6 Stretch with AMD64 architecture (Intel 64-bit processor in my case).
1) Open a Terminal
2) Check that the Broadcom Controller of your Asus PCE-AC68 card is detected
lspci -nn
or, if you want to filter the output: lspci -nn | grep 0280
The output should display the BCM4360 chip: Broadcom Corporation BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)
3) Check if your computer has the wireless-tools package:
dpkg -l wireless-tools
If not, download the wireless-tools from https://packages.debian.org/stretch/wireless-tools
N.B. The link is for the Debian Stretch (9.x) distribution.
If your Debian distribution is else (eg. "Jessie"), simply adapt the path.
If the Linux computer on which you want to install the card has a wired Internet connection through Ethernet, you can skip 4) to 6) ; at step 7) you can replace apt by apt-get in the commands.
4) Download the proprietary driver from Broadcom from this page:
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/all/broadcom-sta-dkms/download
N.B. Again, adapt the path to your distribution if necessary.
5) [Optional] Verify the checksums of the downloaded packages. If using Windows, open a Terminal as Administrator and enter:
certutil -hashfile {the path}/{the package name}.deb MD5
and check that the output checksums matches the ones displayed on the pages from which you downloaded the packages.
6) Copy the downloaded packages to an external drive like a USB stick.
7) On your Linux computer install the packages:
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/wireless-tools_30~pre9-12+b1_amd64.deb`
`sudo apt install /media/{your username}/broadcom-sta-dkms_6.30.223.271-5_all.deb`
Prerequisite: Your user must be present in the sudoers file, so that it can pass commands prefixed by sudo. Else, don't worry, an error will be reported.
In case the rights would not suffice, you can switch as root with su - before installing the packages.
8) Unload possibly conflicting modules:
modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb brcmsmac bcma
9) Load the wl module: (read "WL", not W1")
modprobe wl
That's done. Your card is installed and the list of wireless networks should display.
The solution above was inspired mostly from this WiKi page in French: https://wiki.debian.org/fr/wl
wifi drivers broadcom asus
wifi drivers broadcom asus
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
OuzoPower
2714
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
OuzoPower
2714
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
edited Dec 18 at 23:03
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479129
39k1479129
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
OuzoPower
2714
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
OuzoPower
2714
asked Dec 18 at 13:52
OuzoPower
2714
2714
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