https://jamieede.com/tags/wi-fi/ Recent content in Wi-Fi on Jamie Ede Hugo en-US Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://jamieede.com/posts/broadcom-sta-wl-driver-kernel-6-17/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://jamieede.com/posts/broadcom-sta-wl-driver-kernel-6-17/ <blockquote> <p>The four fixes in this post are packaged as a patch and an install script at <a href="https://github.com/jamieede123/macbookair6-1-mint-tweaks" target="_blank" >github.com/jamieede123/macbookair6-1-mint-tweaks</a> . For working Wi-Fi without reading further, run <code>sudo ./broadcom/fix.sh</code>; the rest of this post is why each change is needed.</p> </blockquote> <p>The machine is an 11-inch MacBook Air from mid 2013 (<code>MacBookAir6,1</code>, a Haswell Core i5-4250U), running Linux Mint rather than macOS. It is a capable little laptop a decade on, with one catch: its wifi is the Broadcom card that Linux has always handled badly. A routine <code>apt upgrade</code> pulled in kernel 6.17, and the upgrade ended with a wall of errors. The kernel packages would not configure:</p>