OpenSUSE 11.2 - WiFi on D150X Broacom

This is how to make Wifi to work if your D150X has a Broadcom wireless card.

Many thanks to user klamath for his help!

1. Login as root.

2 test for the right devicem list all PCI devices search for Broadcom

Code:

lspci -nn | grep Broadcom

should result:
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01)

2. Install Kernel Source if not installed

3. Download from broadcom the drivers http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

4. Make a temporary directory and build the driver

Code:

mkdir ~/wireless
cd ~/wireless
cp hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar.gz ~/wireless
tar -xzf hybrid-portsrc-*.tar.gz
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` clean
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`

5. Remove any of the existing if exist

Code:

sudo rmmod bcm43xx
sudo rmmod b43
sudo rmmod b43legacy
sudo rmmod ssb
sudo rmmod wl

6. Blacklistdrivers to prevent them from loading

Code:

echo "blacklist ssb" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "blacklist b43" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

7. Copy to modules directory and install (if already installed depmod)

Code:

mkdir /lib/modules/`uname -r`/wlan
cp wl.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/wlan
modprobe lib80211
insmod wl.ko

8. Your device should be ready - 'N joy

J!