# wifi problem

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-problem/28579>\
**Category:** SLED Networking\
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-problem/28579 "2016-08-29T10:49:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mmaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mmaher](https://forums.suse.com/u/mmaher)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-problem/28579/1 "2016-08-29T10:49:38Z")

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hi all ,  
I am a new opensuse enterprise desktop 12 sp1 user after installation on my dell latitude I found that there is no wifi connection (no wifi setting ) my card is dell wireless 1397 mini-card with a Broadcom chipset BCM 4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY , it looks like as there is no wifi card while during installation by opening hardware recognize it found the card normally with driver b43-pci-bridge , Hint (my Ethernet port is not working so I have no access to the internet)  
can any one help me !!

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**Author:** ![mmaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mmaher](https://forums.suse.com/u/mmaher)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-problem/28579/2 "2016-08-29T11:10:57Z")

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[http://tinypic.com/r/34sky86/9](http://tinypic.com/r/34sky86/9)

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wifi-problem/28579/3 "2016-08-29T15:26:05Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> On Mon 29 Aug 2016 07:54:01 AM CDT, mmaher wrote:
> 
> hi all ,  
> I am a new opensuse enterprise desktop 12 sp1 user after installation  
> on my dell latitude I found that there is no wifi connection (no wifi  
> setting ) my card is dell wireless 1397 mini-card with a Broadcom  
> chipset BCM 4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY , it looks like as there is no wifi  
> card while during installation by opening hardware recognize it found  
> the card normally with driver b43-pci-bridge , Hint (my Ethernet port  
> is not working so I have no access to the internet)  
> can any one help me !!

Hi  
So did you check if the kernel-firmware package is installed?

If you check the output from the journal;

```auto
zypper in kernel-firmware
journalctl -b --no-pager |grep firm
```

It does sound like you might need to install manually, see;  
[https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/484106-Broadcom-firmware-is-needed-for-b43-but-I-have-no-network-an-easierwork-around](https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/484106-Broadcom-firmware-is-needed-for-b43-but-I-have-no-network-an-easierwork-around)

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