[SOLVED] Internet Not Working for Broadcom BCM4352 Network Adapter

xpwifi · 2025-10-20 19:48:41

I have been having trouble accessing internet outside of a wired connection. I installed Arch following the wiki. The only way I could access internet was through USB tethering.

I have tried a lot of things, but because this is my first time doing something like this, I don't know if I'm doing the right things or just missing a simple step.

lspci reveals that my network adapter is

Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:0623]
Kernel Driver in use: wl

I have installed *broadcom-wl* and *broadcom-wl-dkms* drivers (alongside *linux-headers*), but nothing came of it.

I have been at this problem for a couple days googling and searching the internet for an answer. If anybody can help, I would very much appreciate them.

Thanks

Last edited by xpwifi (2025-10-23 02:11:46)

seth · 2025-10-20 20:48:16

ip a; rfkill

and in doubt please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

after attempting to use the wifi.

xpwifi · 2025-10-21 03:29:32

Hi Seth, thanks for replying. I had someone I know look at the machine and they solved the issue in a matter of minutes.

It turns out I just never connected to my network and password so no matter how much I pinged servers on wifi, nothing would ever return.

Ultimately I used NetworkManager CLI to connect to a network.

nmcli device wifi connect <your SSID or Network Name> password <your pass>

In this situation, I was typing code snippets out by hand because my installation was only using the CLI with no desktop environment, but in the future, I will have a desktop so I can copy paste the...

ip a; rfkill

...type results.

Thanks for initiating the help process.

Last edited by xpwifi (2025-10-21 03:30:47)

seth · 2025-10-21 08:04:54

\o/
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED] Internet Not Working for Broadcom BCM4352 Network Adapter

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