# 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.

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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)