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diff --git a/en/2026/getting-wlan-to-work-on-the-archlinux-install-medium-on-a-macbook-pro-10x.gmi b/en/2026/getting-wlan-to-work-on-the-archlinux-install-medium-on-a-macbook-pro-10x.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..48f3199 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/2026/getting-wlan-to-work-on-the-archlinux-install-medium-on-a-macbook-pro-10x.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Getting WLAN to work on the archlinux install medium on a MacBook Pro 10x + +It's 2026 and you want to install archlinux on your 10 years old MacBook Pro. + +---- + +This is what worked for me: + +## Reading material + +=> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=274369 +=> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Broadcom_wireless#Driver_selection + +## Commands to run on your MacBook with the install iso running: + +* if you have a german keyboard layout do `loadkeys de-latin1` ("-" = "ß") +* run `rm /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl.conf` +* run `lspci -vnn -d 14e4:` +* run `rmmod ...` replace "..." with the kernel modules listed for your Network Controller. In my case it was "bcma, wl". The kernel module "bcma" depends on "b43", so I had to `rmmod b43` as well. +* run `modprobe wl` +* run `iwctl station list`. be happy that it now lists "wlan0" as available station +* potentially wait a bit to get an IP address assigned. Took a couple minutes for me (around 2min) + |