[elrepo] Broadcom Wlan connected but without Internet on RHEL 8.2

[Steve Tindall]

On 6/14/20 2:52 PM, Prabir Kr Sarkar wrote:
> Thanks Steve. Is there any possibility that ELRepo will provide 
> support for Broadcom BCM4313 for EL8 in future? If yes, any estimate? 
> Thanks again.
>
> - Prabir
>

No el8 Broadcom Linux hybrid driver support is anticipated.

Steve


> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 10:02 PM Steve Tindall <s10dal at elrepo.org 
> <mailto:s10dal at elrepo.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 6/12/20 4:16 AM, Prabir Kr Sarkar wrote:
>>     Hello Gurus,
>>                         Stuck with a strange issue. Please help. With
>>     my RHEL 8.2 the Broadcom adapter came up properly and connected
>>     to the Wireless hotspot. But I failed to connect to the Internet!
>>     In the settings of the connected Wireless SSID I see all IPV4 and
>>     IPV6 settings set to automatic (as Automatic DHCP, DNS and
>>     Routes) as expected. But still the IPv4 address seems to be set
>>     to a private IP!
>>
>>     IPV4 Address  192.168.43.147
>>     Default Route  192.168.43.1
>>             DNS   192.168.43.1
>>
>>     _Environment_:
>>
>>     # cat /etc/redhat-release
>>     Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.2 (Ootpa)
>>
>>     # lspci | grep -i wireless
>>     12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313
>>     802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
>>
>>     In #ifconfig -a the wlan interface shows up as *wlp18s0b1*
>>
>>     Can someone please help me with this? Thanks in advance.
>>
>>     *Thanks and Regards*
>>     *Prabir Sarkar*
>
>
>     ELRepo does not offer support for EL8 Broadcom BCM4313 or other
>     hardware supported by the Boadcom Linux hybrid driver.
>
>     https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pf=Wireless+LAN+Infrastructure
>
>     Steve
>
>     -- 
>
>
> *Thanks and Regards*
> *Prabir Sarkar*

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